Senses Flashcards
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Five basic senses
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Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, brothy
1
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Gustation
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Taste buds. Molecule fits receptor site. Receptor signals are fired to brain, inter prep taste sensation.
2
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Olfaction
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Olfactory sense.
3
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Somesthetic senses
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Body senses
4
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Visceral pain
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Pain in organs.
5
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Somatic pain
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Pain in skin, muscel, tendon, joints
6
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Gate control theory
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Pain signals pass through “gate” located in spinal cord
7
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Kinesthetic sense
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“Balance” in relation to ground
8
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Vestibular sense
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Movement, balance, body position
