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Biol 373 Unit 3a Quiz Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
You have stepped on a tack with your bare left foot.
What type of receptors would detect the information
related to pain you experience? Ans: 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. Ans: Pacinian corpuscles
The cutaneous sensory receptors that would be used for
reading *Braille would have _____ receptive fields, and
ascend to the brain via the ________. Ans: small,
dorsal columns
Information detected by fine touch receptors in the right
hand travel via the ___________ to the
______________. Ans: - dorsal columns
- somatosensory cortex
Biol 373 Unit 3a Quiz Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
You have stepped on a tack with your bare left foot.
What type of receptors would detect the information
related to pain you experience? Ans: 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. Ans: Pacinian corpuscles
The cutaneous sensory receptors that would be used for
reading *Braille would have _____ receptive fields, and
ascend to the brain via the ________. Ans: small,
dorsal columns
Information detected by fine touch receptors in the right
hand travel via the ___________ to the
______________. Ans: - dorsal columns
- somatosensory cortex