Touch Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
Q
What system is touch in
A
somatosensory
2
Q
What is the somatosensory system
A
info about touch, pressure, vibration, temperature, proprioception
3
Q
Discriminative info
A
info we can locate, identify, distinguish
4
Q
Non-discriminative info
A
general info
5
Q
Exteroception
A
external world info
mechanoreception, thermoception, nociception
6
Q
mechanoreception
A
pressure/touch
7
Q
thermoreception
A
temperature
8
Q
nocireception
A
noxious (damaging) stimuli
9
Q
proprioception
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position/movement
10
Q
interoception
A
internal organs
11
Q
Somatosensory receptors are…
A
specialised nerve fibre endings, with special ion channels and accessory structures
12
Q
accessory structures are
A
formed from connective tissue/fat
13
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