somatosensory Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
mechano receptors - dip and superficial
A
superficial: meissners and merkel
deep: pacinian corpsucle, ruffini endings
2
Q
types of proprioceptors
A
joint: sensory and joint capsule (tension)
muscle: muscle spindles (length, parallel) and golgi tendon organs (tension, series w fibres)
3
Q
what are rapidly adapting fibres
A
fire to change in intesnsity
4
Q
4 types of nociceptors
A
A-delta: thermal and mechanical
C: polymoidal - thermal, chemical and mechanical
silent - inflammed
5
Q
how does the medial lemniscal system ascend and what does it do
A
ipsilaterally in dorsal column
-convey mechanosensory info from limns and trunk cortex via VPL thalamus
