Anatomy & Physiology Ch.16

Front 1

Each kind of sensation is a _________ _________ ex. itch, pain, touch

Back 1

Sensory modality

Front 2

___________________: are bare dendrites. Receptors for tickle, itch, pain, and thermal sensation

Back 2

Free nerve endings

Front 3

___________________: The dendrites are enclosed in a connective tissue capsule. They form the receptors for pressure, vibration and touch

Back 3

Encapsulated nerve endings

Front 4

___________________: The sensation of body position

Back 4

Proprioception

Front 5

___________________: The sensation of the texture (smooth or rough), size and shape (round, triangle, cylindrical etc) of an object by (touching only not by seeing)

Back 5

Stereognosis

Front 6

___________________: is the sensation of body movements

Back 6

Kinesthesia

Front 7

___________________: Is the ability to assess the weight of an object

Back 7

Weight discrimination

Front 8

___________________: Sense the osmotic pressure of body fluids

Back 8

Osmoreceptors

Front 9

___________________: Detect chemicals in mouth (taste) and nose (smell)

Back 9

Chemoreceptors

Front 10

___________________: The sensation of taste

Back 10

Gustation

Front 11

___________________: The sensation of smell

Back 11

Olfaction

Front 12

___________________: Detect changes in temperature (cold, warmth)

Back 12

Thermoreceptors

Front 13

___________________: are modified neurons in the retina of the eye that detect light

Back 13

Photoreceptors

Front 14

______: Is the sensation resulting by the stimulation of nerve endings by certain chemicals such as bradykinin

Back 14

Itch

Front 15

___________________: Is a sensation that results when someone else touches you. A person cannot ______ him/herself

Back 15

Tickle

Front 16

___________________: provides specific sensation about a touch such as the size, shape and texture of the object touched, and the exact point of touch

Back 16

Fine touch or discriminative touch

Front 17

___________________: Provides the sensation that some thing has touched your body, but does not provide specific sensation about a touch such as the size, shape and texture of the object touched

Back 17

Crude touch

Front 18

___________________: Pain receptors are called

Back 18

Nociceptors

Front 19

Pain results from the stimulation of __________ as a result of tissue injury

Back 19

nociceptors

Front 20

Injury such as a cut release chemicals known as ________________ that stimulate nociceptors. Pains persist as long as this chemical is released

Back 20

Prostaglandins

Front 21

Analgesia=

Back 21

Pain relief

Front 22

Analgesic drugs such as ibuprofen, aspirin, advil or motrin, block the formation of _____________

Back 22

Prostaglandins

Front 23

__________ = decrease in sensitivity

Back 23

Adaption

Front 24

Rapidly adapting receptors are called ___________ ___________ ex. olfactory (smell) receptors

Back 24

Phasic receptors

Front 25

Slowly adapting receptors are called _____ ____________ ex. pain receptors

Back 25

Tonic receptors

Front 26

First order neurons to the posterior medial lemniscus pathway connect ________ _______ receptors to brain stem (medulla)

Back 26

Somatic sensory

Front 27

Second order neurons connnect the brainstem (medulla) to the ___________

Back 27

Thalamus

Front 28

Third order neurons connect the thalamus to the ________________ area of the cerebral cortex

Back 28

somatosensory area