Unit 3 - Other senses

Question 1

Sense of touch

Answer 1

Pressure, warmth, cold, and pain

Question 2

Gate Control Theory

Answer 2

Theory that the SPINAL CORD contains a neurological “gate” the blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain.

Small fibers: increase pain.
Large fibers: decrease pain

Question 3

Taste

Answer 3

Sweer, sour, bitter, and savory tastes.

Question 4

Papillae

Answer 4

Taste buds on the tongue that contain receptor cells.

Question 5

Smell / Olfaction

Answer 5

Smell is a chemical sense. Oderants enter the nasal cavity to stimulate 5 million receptors to sense smell.

Question 6

Kinesthesis

Answer 6

System for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.

Question 7

Vestibular Sense

Answer 7

Sense of body movement and positions, including the sense of balance.

Question 8

Sensory Interaction (McGurk Effect)

Answer 8

The principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste.