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1
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General sensations

A

pain, temp, touch, vibration

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Special sensations,

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see, smell, hear, balance, taste

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Process of sensation

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stimulation, conversion, generate impulses, and integration

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Simple vs complex receptors.

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simple- free nerve endings
complex- encapsulate nerve endings
both- unipolar

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Special sense receptors

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respond to certain stimuli & BIPOLAR

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Mehanoreceptors

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pressure, stretch, touch, vibration, proprioception

3 types- baroreceptors, proprioceptors, and tactile

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Chemoreceptors

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detect molecules

ex. carotid body and aortic bodies

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Nociceptors

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detect pain, free nerve endings

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Fast pain vs Slow pain

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Fast- type A, not felt in deep tissue

Slow- type C

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Thermoreceptors

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detect temp., free nerve endings

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Tactile receptors

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pressure and vibration

free nerve endings, root hair plexus, Merkel’s dics, Meissner’s corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini

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Pacinian corpuscle

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(encapsulated)- high frequency vibration

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Meissner’s corpuscles

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low frequency vibration

ex. eyelids, lips, fingertip, nip

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