Summary in Senses Flashcards
Introducing Biological Psychology (30 cards)
_ is the system that provides information about the body senses,
including touch,
movement, pain, and temperature
is the sensory system that provides information about the
position and movement of the head.
is a structure in the inner ear vestibular system that provides
information about the angle of the head relative to the ground and
about linear acceleration.
is one of the three looping chambers found in the inner ear that
provide information regarding the rotation of the head.
__ and __ are the structures of the otolith organs.
_ is the force perceived when our rate of movement changes
is a stone made of calcium carbonate that is attached to the
hair cells in the otolith organs
s the nucleus of the thalamus that receives information
regarding pain, touch, and the position and movement of the
head.
is the cortex located in the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe
that is responsible for the initial cortical processing of
somatosensory input.
_ is hairless skin.
is the outermost layer of the skin.
s the layer of skin lying below the outermost epidermis.
is the layer of tissue lying below the dermis
is a skin receptor that senses touch, pressure, or vibration.
is a mechanoreceptor in which the axon fibers are surrounded
by a fluid0filled capsule formed of connective tissue
is an encapsulated, fast-adapting mechanoreceptor with small
receptive filed that responds primarily to pressure.
is a nonencapsulated, slow-adapting mechanoreceptor with
large receptive field that provides information regarding stretch.
is the area of the skin surface served by the dorsal roots of one
spinal segment.
is the spinal pathway that carries information about touch and
position to the medulla.
is a small, unmyelinated fiber that carries information about
temperature, itch m and dull, aching pain to the central nervous
system.
are small fibers extending from taste receptors.
_ are bumps on the tongue containing taste buds and taste
receptors.
are areas in the parietal lobe adjacent to primary
somatosensory cortex that process a wide variety of complex
somatosensory inputs.
is a nerve ending in the skin that responds to surface
temperature