Chapter 16 special senses Questions
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what are sensory receptors - correct answer ✔provide information about external and internal
environment
how do sensory receptors respond - correct answer ✔respond to a stimulus
each type of receptors respond best to what - correct answer ✔best to a type of stimulus
what is an example of a receptor responding best to a type of stimulus - correct answer ✔light energy
for eye receptors; sound energy for ear receptors
sensation is what - correct answer ✔- a stimulus we are consciously aware of
-any stimulus processed by (that reaches) the CNS
only a what a stimuli results in sensation - correct answer ✔fraction
True or false sensory input doesn't go to other parts of the brain - correct answer ✔False it does
Perception is what? - correct answer ✔-understanding what those sensations mean becoming aware
- assigning meaning to sensation information
special senses mean what - correct answer ✔special to the head region
, what is the difference between general and specialized receptors - correct answer ✔general-from head
to toe
specialized- vision, hearing taste, balance smell
what is the difference between somatic and visceral - correct answer ✔somatic- aware of
touch,pressue,temperture, proprioception, nociception
visceral- things you don't think of pressure pain on internal organs
What is the proprioceptive sense? - correct answer ✔-sense of self
-the sense that helps us identify where parts of our bodies are even if we cannot see them
What is nociception? - correct answer ✔perception of pain
exteroreceptors are what - correct answer ✔receiving signals from outside
-respond to stimuli originating in external environment
interoreceptors are what - correct answer ✔internal changes inside
What are thermoreceptors? and chemoreceptors? - correct answer ✔thermoreceptors- sense change
in temp cool to warm
chemoreceptors-sense changes in chemicals small taste blood gas Ph in blood tongue
what are mechanoreceptors and nociceptors - correct answer ✔mechanoreceptors-phyical stimulus
poking arm
nociceptors- sense tissue damage, physical trauma or thermal injury
what is the goal of sensory receptors - correct answer ✔to get to the brain CNS
with complete solution 2025/2026
what are sensory receptors - correct answer ✔provide information about external and internal
environment
how do sensory receptors respond - correct answer ✔respond to a stimulus
each type of receptors respond best to what - correct answer ✔best to a type of stimulus
what is an example of a receptor responding best to a type of stimulus - correct answer ✔light energy
for eye receptors; sound energy for ear receptors
sensation is what - correct answer ✔- a stimulus we are consciously aware of
-any stimulus processed by (that reaches) the CNS
only a what a stimuli results in sensation - correct answer ✔fraction
True or false sensory input doesn't go to other parts of the brain - correct answer ✔False it does
Perception is what? - correct answer ✔-understanding what those sensations mean becoming aware
- assigning meaning to sensation information
special senses mean what - correct answer ✔special to the head region
, what is the difference between general and specialized receptors - correct answer ✔general-from head
to toe
specialized- vision, hearing taste, balance smell
what is the difference between somatic and visceral - correct answer ✔somatic- aware of
touch,pressue,temperture, proprioception, nociception
visceral- things you don't think of pressure pain on internal organs
What is the proprioceptive sense? - correct answer ✔-sense of self
-the sense that helps us identify where parts of our bodies are even if we cannot see them
What is nociception? - correct answer ✔perception of pain
exteroreceptors are what - correct answer ✔receiving signals from outside
-respond to stimuli originating in external environment
interoreceptors are what - correct answer ✔internal changes inside
What are thermoreceptors? and chemoreceptors? - correct answer ✔thermoreceptors- sense change
in temp cool to warm
chemoreceptors-sense changes in chemicals small taste blood gas Ph in blood tongue
what are mechanoreceptors and nociceptors - correct answer ✔mechanoreceptors-phyical stimulus
poking arm
nociceptors- sense tissue damage, physical trauma or thermal injury
what is the goal of sensory receptors - correct answer ✔to get to the brain CNS
