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9 Cards in this Set
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General (somatic) senses
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Receptors diffuse (throughout the body) including skin/visceral organs.
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Special senses
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Specialize receptors located in special sense organs
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Sensation
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Any stimulus the body is aware of. (Pressure, heat, chemical, light, etc.)
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Perception
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Conscious awareness and interpretation of a sensation
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Tonic Receptors
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Always active (muscle spindles)
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Phasic Receptors
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Inactive. Only become active I'm response to change in conditions they're monitoring (olfactory receptors)
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Peripheral Adaption
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Level of receptor activity decreases in response to sustained stimulus
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Central adaption
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In addition of sensory information transmission along sensory pathways and CNN does not involve changes and receptor activity
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Central adaption
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Inhibition of sensory information transmission along sensory pathways in CNS, does not involve changes in receptor activity
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