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BIOS 252: Week 5 - Central Nervous System: General
and Special Senses
Which division detects stimuli of the general senses and special
senses?
Somatic sensory division
Somatic motor division
Visceral sensory division
Visceral motor division (autonomic nervous system) - ANSWER
Somatic sensory division
The somatic sensory division of the nervous system detects the
general and special senses.
The visceral sensory division helps detect changes to the
digestive system and organs. Any motor division is used to
create movement from muscles or secretion of glands and is
not used for sensation.
You wrap your hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate. This
sensation is detected by
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hair follicle receptors
chemoreceptors
thermoreceptors
photoreceptors - ANSWER thermoreceptors
What are the regions of skin supplied by a spinal nerve for
somatic sensation known as?
Rule of nines
Dermatomes
Myotomes
Lines of cleavage - ANSWER Dermatomes
Thermoreceptors depolarize in response to hot and cold stimuli,
turning a stimulus into an electrical signal. This conversion is
known as
repolarization
propagation
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adaptation
sensory transduction - ANSWER sensory transduction
Sensory transduction is the translation of an arriving stimulus
into an action potential by a sensory receptor. It begins when a
stimulus changes the membrane potential of a receptor cell. A
receptor cell converts the energy in a stimulus into an electrical
signal. So, when thermoreceptors depolarize in response to a
hot or cold stimulus, they turn a stimulus into an electrical
signal. This conversion is known as sensory transduction.
Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively
detected by
nociceptors
photoreceptors
chemoreceptors
proprioceptors - ANSWER nociceptors
The stretch of a full urinary bladder is detected by
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exteroceptors
photoreceptors
interoceptors
thermoreceptors - ANSWER interoceptors
Jessica went to her doctor's office with pain in her right
shoulder blade and learned she was having a gallbladder attack.
You are not surprised to hear about the unusual location of her
pain, since it is known as
the receptive field
phantom limb pain
chronic pain
referred pain - ANSWER referred pain
Referred pain is a type of pain that is felt in an area of the body
that is different from its actual source
Which mechanoreceptor detects deep pressure?
BIOS 252: Week 5 - Central Nervous System: General
and Special Senses
Which division detects stimuli of the general senses and special
senses?
Somatic sensory division
Somatic motor division
Visceral sensory division
Visceral motor division (autonomic nervous system) - ANSWER
Somatic sensory division
The somatic sensory division of the nervous system detects the
general and special senses.
The visceral sensory division helps detect changes to the
digestive system and organs. Any motor division is used to
create movement from muscles or secretion of glands and is
not used for sensation.
You wrap your hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate. This
sensation is detected by
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hair follicle receptors
chemoreceptors
thermoreceptors
photoreceptors - ANSWER thermoreceptors
What are the regions of skin supplied by a spinal nerve for
somatic sensation known as?
Rule of nines
Dermatomes
Myotomes
Lines of cleavage - ANSWER Dermatomes
Thermoreceptors depolarize in response to hot and cold stimuli,
turning a stimulus into an electrical signal. This conversion is
known as
repolarization
propagation
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adaptation
sensory transduction - ANSWER sensory transduction
Sensory transduction is the translation of an arriving stimulus
into an action potential by a sensory receptor. It begins when a
stimulus changes the membrane potential of a receptor cell. A
receptor cell converts the energy in a stimulus into an electrical
signal. So, when thermoreceptors depolarize in response to a
hot or cold stimulus, they turn a stimulus into an electrical
signal. This conversion is known as sensory transduction.
Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively
detected by
nociceptors
photoreceptors
chemoreceptors
proprioceptors - ANSWER nociceptors
The stretch of a full urinary bladder is detected by
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exteroceptors
photoreceptors
interoceptors
thermoreceptors - ANSWER interoceptors
Jessica went to her doctor's office with pain in her right
shoulder blade and learned she was having a gallbladder attack.
You are not surprised to hear about the unusual location of her
pain, since it is known as
the receptive field
phantom limb pain
chronic pain
referred pain - ANSWER referred pain
Referred pain is a type of pain that is felt in an area of the body
that is different from its actual source
Which mechanoreceptor detects deep pressure?
