L6 Flashcards
1
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List the various modalities and their respective sensory receptors
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2
Q
How are sensations/energy detected by our brain?
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3
Q
Types of receptors on our skin - name the important ones
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Meissner’s corpuscles – detect touch, low-frequency vibration, and flutter
Ruffini’s corpuscles – slowly adapting –> detect skin stretch, joint activity, and warmth
Pacinian (lamellated) corpuscle –> pressure recpetor
Merkel cells – detect light touch
4
Q
what types of neurons are sensory, autonomic and somatic neurons (afferent/efferent)? Where do they originate and where do they synapse?
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5
Q
What are receptive fields?
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6
Q
Significance of the two point discrimination test?
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