Altered Somatic and Special Sensory Function
Hair cells are classified as which type of receptor?
A)mechanoreceptor
B)chemoreceptor
C)osmoreceptor
D)photoreceptor ✔️Ans - A
The sensation of taste is recognized by ligand binding to which of the
following receptor types?
A)mechanoreceptor
B)chemoreceptor
C)osmoreceptor
D)photoreceptor ✔️Ans - B
Vision in dim light is mediated through which type of receptor?
A)mechanoreceptor
B)chemoreceptor
C)osmoreceptor
D)photoreceptor ✔️Ans - D
Signal transduction of an impulse to the thalamus for processing is
accomplished by?
A)first-order neurons
B)second-order neurons
C)third-order neurons
D)fourth-order neurons ✔️Ans - B
Signal transduction is fastest in which type of somatosensory nerve fiber?
A)type A
B)type B
C)type C
D)type D ✔️Ans - A
Which subtype of Type A fibers transmits signals that are interpreted and
perceived as pain?
A)alpha
B)beta
, C)delta
D)none of these ✔️Ans - C
Skin nerve impulses initiated in mechanoreceptors are transmitted along
which type of fiber?
A)type A
B)type B
C)type C
D)type D ✔️Ans - B
Unmyelinated fibers with the slowest rate of signal transmission are known
as:
A)type A
B)type B
C)type C
D)type D ✔️Ans - C
Which of the following described characteristics of the fiber type is likely to
have the fastest rate of transmission?
A)small diameter, unmyelinated
B)small diameter, myelinated
C)large diameter, unmyelinated
D)large diameter, myelinated ✔️Ans - D
The ability to identify the specific location of skin touch in two different areas
is communicated through which pathway?
A)discriminative
B)anterior spinothalamic
C)lateral spinothalamic
D)posterior spinothalamic ✔️Ans - A
Skin receptors communicating the sensation of heavy and continuous touch
and pressure are known as:
A)Meissner corpuscle
B)Merkel discs
C)hair follicle receptor
D)Ruffini's ending ✔️Ans - D
Hair cells are classified as which type of receptor?
A)mechanoreceptor
B)chemoreceptor
C)osmoreceptor
D)photoreceptor ✔️Ans - A
The sensation of taste is recognized by ligand binding to which of the
following receptor types?
A)mechanoreceptor
B)chemoreceptor
C)osmoreceptor
D)photoreceptor ✔️Ans - B
Vision in dim light is mediated through which type of receptor?
A)mechanoreceptor
B)chemoreceptor
C)osmoreceptor
D)photoreceptor ✔️Ans - D
Signal transduction of an impulse to the thalamus for processing is
accomplished by?
A)first-order neurons
B)second-order neurons
C)third-order neurons
D)fourth-order neurons ✔️Ans - B
Signal transduction is fastest in which type of somatosensory nerve fiber?
A)type A
B)type B
C)type C
D)type D ✔️Ans - A
Which subtype of Type A fibers transmits signals that are interpreted and
perceived as pain?
A)alpha
B)beta
, C)delta
D)none of these ✔️Ans - C
Skin nerve impulses initiated in mechanoreceptors are transmitted along
which type of fiber?
A)type A
B)type B
C)type C
D)type D ✔️Ans - B
Unmyelinated fibers with the slowest rate of signal transmission are known
as:
A)type A
B)type B
C)type C
D)type D ✔️Ans - C
Which of the following described characteristics of the fiber type is likely to
have the fastest rate of transmission?
A)small diameter, unmyelinated
B)small diameter, myelinated
C)large diameter, unmyelinated
D)large diameter, myelinated ✔️Ans - D
The ability to identify the specific location of skin touch in two different areas
is communicated through which pathway?
A)discriminative
B)anterior spinothalamic
C)lateral spinothalamic
D)posterior spinothalamic ✔️Ans - A
Skin receptors communicating the sensation of heavy and continuous touch
and pressure are known as:
A)Meissner corpuscle
B)Merkel discs
C)hair follicle receptor
D)Ruffini's ending ✔️Ans - D
