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magnitude of response decreases over time in response to continuous stimulus

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adaptation of sensory receptors

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remaining aware of sensation over time and interpreting what that sensation means in larger context

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perception of sensory receptors

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microscopic receptors widely distributed in the skin, mucosa, connective tissues, muscles, tendons, joints and viscera

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general senses

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localized receptors for smell, taste, vision, hearing/equilibrium

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special senses

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Selectivity: a given receptor responds vigorously to one particular kind of stimulus in its _______.

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receptive field

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converts energy in stimulus into a graded potential

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transduction of the stimulus

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graded potential reaches threshold and triggers propagation toward CNS

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generation of nerve impulses

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regions of CNS and post central gyrus receive and integrate impulses

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integration of sensory input

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3 classifications of receptors:

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  • location
  • stimulus
  • structure
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3 groups of receptors can be identified by their location:

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  • exteroceptors
  • visceroceptors
  • proprioceptors
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receptors located on or very ear the body surface

  • respond most frequently to stimuli that arise external to the body itself
  • sometimes called cutaneous receptors
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exteroceptors

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________ detect pressure, touch, pain, and temperature

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exteroceptors

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receptors located internally, primarily in blood vessels and viscera

  • provide info regarding internal environment: usually not consciously perceived

Activated by: pressure, stretching, and chemical changes

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visceroceptors/interoceptors

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_____ are involved in mediating sensations such as hunger, thirst, BP, full bladder

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visceroeptors/interoceptors

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special type of visceroceptor; less numerous and more specialized than other visceroceptors

  • located in skeletal muscle, joint capsules, and tendons
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proprioceptors

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_______ provide information regarding body movement, orientation in space, muscle stretch

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proprioceptors

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2 types of proprioceptors:

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  • tonic

- phasic

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proprioceptor that provides information while the body is at rest.

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tonic

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proprioceptor that provides information during movement. Rapidly adapting and triggered only when there is a change in position

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phasic

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receptors are classified into 6 categories based on the types of stimuli that activate them:

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  • Mechanoreceptors
  • chemoreceptors
  • thermoreceptors
  • nociceptors
  • photoreceptors
  • osmoreceptors
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______receptors:

  • detect mechanical stimuli that deform, or change position of the receptor

Ie. pressure to skin, blood vessels, anything that results in stretch or pressure in muscle, tendon, or lung tissue

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mechanoreceptor

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_____receptors:

  • detect chemicals in the mouth, nose, and body fluids
  • activated by either the amount or the changing concentration of certain chemicals

Ie. sense of taste, smell, homeostasis

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chemoreceptors

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_____receptors:

-activated by changes in temperature

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thermoreceptors

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_____receptors:

  • activated by intense stimuli that could result in tissue damage
  • chemical, intense light, sound, pressure, heat
  • sensation produced is pain
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_____receptors: - found only in the eyes - detect light that strikes the retina
photoreceptors
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_____receptors: - concentrated in the hypothalamus - sense levels of osmotic pressure in body fluids - activated by changes in concentration of electrolytes in extracellular fluids - stimulate the hypothalamic thirst center
osmoreceptors
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general sensory receptors may be classified anatomically as either of the following (2):
- free nerve endings | - encapsulated nerve endings
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structure: - bare denrites - the simplest, most common, and most widely distributed sensory receptors - include both exteroceptors and interoceptors
free nerve endings
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structure: - have some type of connective tissue capsule that surrounds the terminal end or denritic end - usually mechanoreceptors activated by mechanical or deforming stimulus
encapsulated nerve endings
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Major types of ________: - tactile/meissners corpuscle - lamellar/pacinan corpuscle - bulbous/ruffini cells - bulboid/krause corpuscle
encapsulated nerve endings
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nociceptors are ____ nerve endings
free
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nociceptors: - concentrated in the skin, mucous membranes, and other superficial areas - sharp, intense, localized fast/somatic pain - "fast pain" travels over myelinated fibers - associated with superficial injury or trauma
pain-A Delta Fibers
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nociceptors: - originates in deeper/visceral regions (thoracic and abdominal regions) - intense or less severe, but persistent, dull aching pain - develops more slowly over time - "slow pain" travels over unmyelinated fibers
pain-C fibers
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________ mediate sense of heat and cold; called thermoreceptors
free nerve endings
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____ receptors are located in dermis. Activated in temperature range of 77-114 degrees F. >118 = burning
Warm
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____ receptors are located in deepest layer of epidermis. Activated in temperature range of 50 - 104 degrees F. <50 = dramatic decrease in firing rate but activates nociceptors (freezing pain_
cold
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the 5 types of touch sensation:
- skin movement - itch - tickle - light touch - deep touch
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sense of touch has both _____ and _____ endings
free and encapsulated
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root hair plexuses with free nerve endings. Activated with very slight movement on or in the skin. Bends or deforms a hair follicle or shaft
touch-skin movement
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touch: - free nerve endings - activated by chemical irritaiton - inflammatory chemicals (bradykinin, or histamine)
touch-itch
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touch: - free nerve endings - activated by touch from an outside source - involves both thalamus and cerebellum before reaching the cerebral cortex
touch-tickle
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touch: - mediated by a variation of a free nerve ending - tactile or merkel disk - transmits compression of the outer layer of skin to the tactile disk neuron (mechanoreceptor) - detects discriminative touch and surface form and contours
light/discriminative
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touch: - encapsulated nerve endings - tactile/meissner corpuscles - enmeshed in connective tissue - located close to the dermal papillae in hairless skin areas like fingertips, lips, nipples and genitals - mediate light touch, textual sensations and low frequency vibration
deep touch
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there are _#_ variants of Meissner corpuscles
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anatomical variant of meissner corpuscles: - more numerous in mucous membranes
Bulboid/krause corpuscle
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anatomical variant of meissner corpuscles: - crude, heavy and persistent touch
bulbous/ruffini corpuscle
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anatomical variant of meissner corpuscles: - deep pressure, high frequency vibration, and stretch
lamellar/pacini corpuscle
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sense: tells us level of contraction and stretch in each of our skeletal muscles - muscle spindles - golgi tendon receptors
sense of proprioception
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discrete grouping of 5-10 modified muscle fibers called intrafusal fibers surrounded by sensoru nerve fibers
encaspulated nerve endings, stretch receptors: muscle spindles
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respond to muscle twitch: - stretch reflex - subconscious postural adjustments
muscle spindles
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stretch receptors: - located at the junction between muscle tissue and tendon - stimulated by excessive stretch of a tendon - protects muscle from tearing
golgi tendon organ

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