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10 Cards in this Set
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Mechanoreceptors
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Respond to touch, pressure, vibration, stretch and itch ( is a physical disruption)
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Thermoreceptors
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Sensitive to change in temperature |
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Photoreceptors
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respond to light energy (e.g. retina)
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Chemoreceptors
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respond to chemicals (eg smell, taste, changes in the blood chemistry)
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Nociceptors
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Sensitive to pain- causing stimuli (eg extreme heat or cold, excessive pressure inflammatory chemicals )
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Exteroceptors
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-Respond to stimuili arising outside the body -Receptors in the skin for touch, pressure pain and temp . |
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Interoceptors
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Resond to stimuil arising in the intermals viscera and blood vessles - Sensitive to chemical changes, tissure stretch, and temperature changes. |
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Proprioceptors
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Respond to stretch in skeletal muscles, tendon, joints, ligaments, and connective tissue covering of bones and muscles - Informs the brain of ones movement. |
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Complex receptors
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special sense organs ( vision, hearing, equilibruim, smell and taste)
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Sensation
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the awareness of chnages in the internal an external enviorment
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