IDC SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS { GRADED A+}

IDC SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM

EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS

AND ANSWERS { GRADED A+}




What four conditions are needed for a sensation to occur - ✔✔Stimulus


Sensory Receptor

Impulse Conduction

Impulse integration


Define Stimulus - ✔✔A change of environment that is capable of

activating sensory neurons


Define Sensory Receptor - ✔✔System that converts stimulus into

electrical signal, which produces one or more nerve impulses if it is

large enough.

, Define Impulse conduction - ✔✔Conduction along a neural pathway

from sensory receptor to the brain


Define Impulse integration - ✔✔a region of the brain receives the

impulse and converts it into sensation.

The interpretation of sensations is the primary function of? -

✔✔Cerebral Cortex


What is the function of the tactile receptor - ✔✔stimulation resulting

from one of two rapidly adapting tactile/touch receptors in the skin or

subcutaneous layers


What is the function of the thermal receptors? - ✔✔free nerve endings

that can sense two distinct thermal sensations, Warmth and Coldness.


What is the function of the pain receptors? - ✔✔Results from

stimulation of free nerve endings called nociceptors, found in every

tissue throughout the body except in the brain....