Flashcards in Somatosensation Deck (7):
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Define a receptive field?
Space occupied by a sensory receptor that can elicit a response to a stimulus
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What determines the discriminatory nature of a receptive field?
The size
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In the primary somatosensory cortex, what does Brodman's area 1 control?
Cutaneous stimulus
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In the primary somatosensory cortex, what does Brodman's area 2 control?
Tactile sense, size, shape, proprioception
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In the primary somatosensory cortex, what does Brodman's area 3a control?
Proprioception
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In the primary somatosensory cortex, what does Brodman's area 3b control?
The primary somatosensory cortex
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