Senses Test Study Guide Solutions
Updated 2024
This term refers to sensations of :
hot and cold
pain
touch and vibration - ANSWER✔✔-General senses
This term refers to sensations of:
olfaction
vision
gustation
equilibrium - ANSWER✔✔-Special senses
The fading of smell some time after you enter a room is an example of experiencing
what? - ANSWER✔✔-sensory adaptation
Our perception of the environment is incomplete because why? - ANSWER✔✔-
1.humans do not have receptors for every possible stimulus
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, 2.our receptors have ranges of sensitivity
These receptors are stimulated by things that cause tissue damage - ANSWER✔✔-pain
receptors (nociceptors)
The perception of pain coming from parts of the body that are not actually stimulated is
called what? - ANSWER✔✔-Referred pain
Gustation and olfactory receptors are examples of what? - ANSWER✔✔-
Chemoreceptors
Sensory receptors that monitor the position of joints are called? - ANSWER✔✔-
proprioceptors
sensory receptors that respond to the changes in blood pressure are called? -
ANSWER✔✔-baroreceptors
chemoreceptors are located in..... extra credit on test - ANSWER✔✔-1.cartoid and aortic
bodies
2.special senses of taste and smell
3.respiratory control center of the medulla
True or False
human power of olfaction is as powerful as that of most other mammals -
ANSWER✔✔-FALSE
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This term refers to sensations of :
hot and cold
pain
touch and vibration - ANSWER✔✔-General senses
This term refers to sensations of:
olfaction
vision
gustation
equilibrium - ANSWER✔✔-Special senses
The fading of smell some time after you enter a room is an example of experiencing
what? - ANSWER✔✔-sensory adaptation
Our perception of the environment is incomplete because why? - ANSWER✔✔-
1.humans do not have receptors for every possible stimulus
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, 2.our receptors have ranges of sensitivity
These receptors are stimulated by things that cause tissue damage - ANSWER✔✔-pain
receptors (nociceptors)
The perception of pain coming from parts of the body that are not actually stimulated is
called what? - ANSWER✔✔-Referred pain
Gustation and olfactory receptors are examples of what? - ANSWER✔✔-
Chemoreceptors
Sensory receptors that monitor the position of joints are called? - ANSWER✔✔-
proprioceptors
sensory receptors that respond to the changes in blood pressure are called? -
ANSWER✔✔-baroreceptors
chemoreceptors are located in..... extra credit on test - ANSWER✔✔-1.cartoid and aortic
bodies
2.special senses of taste and smell
3.respiratory control center of the medulla
True or False
human power of olfaction is as powerful as that of most other mammals -
ANSWER✔✔-FALSE
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