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You have stepped on a tack with your bare left foot. What type of receptors would
detect the information related to pain you experience? CORRECT ANSWERS Free
nerve endings
You are snow-blowing your land lady's driveway in exchange for a rent reduction. The
________ are the cutaneous sensory receptors that are most strongly stimulated by the
vibration. CORRECT ANSWERS Pacinian corpuscles
The cutaneous sensory receptors that would be used for reading *Braille would have
_____ receptive fields, and ascend to the brain via the ________. CORRECT
ANSWERS small, dorsal columns
Information detected by fine touch receptors in the right hand travel via the
___________ to the ______________. CORRECT ANSWERS - dorsal columns
- somatosensory cortex
You are walking in your apartment and you accidentally step on a pin with your right
foot. Choose the option that best describes the pathway taken by the sensory
information that will be ultimately interpreted as pain.
Dorsal root ->
1. Dorsal columns
2. Dorsal horn gray matter
3. Synapse in medulla
4. Left somatosensory cortex
5. Right somatosensory cortex
6. Left spinothalamic tract
7. Right spinothalamic tract
8. Synapse in thalamus CORRECT ANSWERS 2, 6, 8, 4
Afferent fibres that transmit information about a dull ache in your arm are likely to be...
CORRECT ANSWERS Small diameter and unmyelinated
Muscle length is monitored by... CORRECT ANSWERS Muscle spindles
Which neuron would be strongly stimulated the stretch of a muscle? CORRECT
ANSWERS 1a afferent
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You have stepped on a tack with your bare left foot. What type of receptors would
detect the information related to pain you experience? CORRECT ANSWERS Free
nerve endings
You are snow-blowing your land lady's driveway in exchange for a rent reduction. The
________ are the cutaneous sensory receptors that are most strongly stimulated by the
vibration. CORRECT ANSWERS Pacinian corpuscles
The cutaneous sensory receptors that would be used for reading *Braille would have
_____ receptive fields, and ascend to the brain via the ________. CORRECT
ANSWERS small, dorsal columns
Information detected by fine touch receptors in the right hand travel via the
___________ to the ______________. CORRECT ANSWERS - dorsal columns
- somatosensory cortex
You are walking in your apartment and you accidentally step on a pin with your right
foot. Choose the option that best describes the pathway taken by the sensory
information that will be ultimately interpreted as pain.
Dorsal root ->
1. Dorsal columns
2. Dorsal horn gray matter
3. Synapse in medulla
4. Left somatosensory cortex
5. Right somatosensory cortex
6. Left spinothalamic tract
7. Right spinothalamic tract
8. Synapse in thalamus CORRECT ANSWERS 2, 6, 8, 4
Afferent fibres that transmit information about a dull ache in your arm are likely to be...
CORRECT ANSWERS Small diameter and unmyelinated
Muscle length is monitored by... CORRECT ANSWERS Muscle spindles
Which neuron would be strongly stimulated the stretch of a muscle? CORRECT
ANSWERS 1a afferent
