Terms and Definitions

Question 1

Sensory Receptor

Answer 1

An organ which responds to a specific type of stimulus by triggering an action potential on a sensory neuron.

Question 2

Somatic receptors

Answer 2

Sensory receptors in the skin, muscle, and tendons.

Question 3

Visceral receptors

Answer 3

Sensory receptors in the internal organs.

Question 4

Special receptors

Answer 4

Sensory receptors in specific locations for vision, hearing, balance, smell, and taste.

Question 5

Mechanoreceptors

Answer 5

Sensory receptors that respond to movement.

Question 6

Thermoreceptors

Answer 6

Sensory receptors that respond to heat or cold.

Question 7

Photoreceptors

Answer 7

Sensory receptors that respond to light.

Question 8

Chemoreceptors

Answer 8

Sensory receptors that respond to chemicals

Question 9

Nociceptors

Answer 9

Sensory receptors that respond to excess stimulation of several types; pain receptors.

Question 10

Cutaneous receptors

Answer 10

Receptors in the skin

Question 11

Proprioceptors

Answer 11

Receptors in the muscles and tendons

Question 12

accommodation

Answer 12

The process of the lens changing shape to adjust the eye’s focus at near distances

Question 13

Process of accomodation

Answer 13

Ciliary muscle contracts which moves the ciliary body closer to the eye. This reduces tension on the suspensory ligaments. The lens gets round