Sensory Communication

Question 1

Describe in general what a sensory pathway involves

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Question 2

What are the main divisions of senses?

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Question 3

What types of somato sensory receptors are there?

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Question 4

What are the touch receptor types of the skin and where are they located?

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Question 5

Descirbe the pancinian corpuscle

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Question 6

Describe the Meissners corpuscle

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Question 7

What are merkal receptors?

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Question 8

What type of receptor are Merkal Receptors classified as?

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Question 9

What are buffini corpuscles?

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Question 10

Give examples of 4 other types of sensory receptors

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Question 11

Breifly describe sensory transduction and the CNS

a) transduction
b) stimli
c) TH
d) potential

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Question 12

How are receptive fields of sensory neurons formed?

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Question 13

How is sensory information integrated by CNS?

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Question 14

What sensory pathways are there in brain?

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Question 15

Give a brief overview of a stimulus

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Question 16

Describe location of a stimulus

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Question 17

How is intensity of stimulus determined?

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Question 18

What are the main properties of a stimulus?

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Question 19

What determines the length of a stimulus?

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Question 20

Differentiated between tonic and phasic receptors

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Question 21

What are the modalities of somatic senses?

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Question 22

How can somatic senses be damaged and where/ what does it lead to?

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Question 23

What part of the brain recognises where ascending pathways originate?

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Question 24

Differentiate between temperature receptors

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Question 25

Do temperature recptors adapt quickly or slowly? How does the brain interpret the relative ratio of warm/ cold receptors firing?

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Question 26

What is the receptor TRPV1 responsible for?

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Question 27

Give an example of a cold receptor and explain their functions

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Question 28

Whats the difference between TRPM8 and TRPV1 receptors?

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Question 29

what are pain receptors?

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Question 30

What are different fibers associated with?

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Question 31

Gate control theory of pain

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Question 32

Referred pain

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