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42 Cards in this Set
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somatosensory system
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The _____________ system is involved w/ body sensations such as pressure, temp., pain, and body position.
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Mechanoreceptors
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Free nerve ending
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Mechanoreceptors
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Merkel's disk
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Mechanoreceptors
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Pacinian corpuscle
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Mechanoreceptors
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Meissner's corpuscle
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Mechanoreceptors
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Hair follicle receptor
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Mechanoreceptors
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Ruffini's ending
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Thermoreceptors
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Warm receptors
(free nerve ending) |
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Thermoreceptors
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Cold receptors
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Nocireceptors
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Mechanical
(free nerve endings) |
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Nocireceptors
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Thermal receptors
(free nerve endings) |
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Nocireceptors
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Polymodal
(free nerve endings) |
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light touch
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What is the modality of a free nerve ending?
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pressure
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What is the modality of a merkel disc?
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Vibration
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What is the modality of a pacinian corpuscle?
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vibration
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What is the modality of a meissner's corpuscle?
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bending of hair
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What is the modality of a hair follicle receptor?
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pressure
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What is the modality of a ruffini ending?
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increase in skin temp
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What is the modality of a warm receptors?
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decrease in skin temp.
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What is the modality of a cold receptors?
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intense mechanical stimulus
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What is the modality of a mechanical (free nerve ending)?
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intense hot or cold stimulus
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What is the modality of a thermal (free nerve ending)?
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intense mechanical or thermal stimulus
specific chemicals |
What is the modality of a polymodal (free nerve ending)?
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Superficial
all skin |
What is the LOCATION of the free nerve endings?
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Superficial all skin
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What is the LOCATION of the merkel disc's?
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Deep
all skin |
What is the LOCATION of the pacinian corpuscle?
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Superficial
glabrous skin |
What is the LOCATION of the meissner's corpuscle?
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Superficial
hairy skin |
What is the LOCATION of the hair follicle receptor?
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Deep
hairy skin |
What is the LOCATION of the ruffini's ending?
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Superficial
all skin |
What is the LOCATION of the warm receptors?
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superficial
all skin |
What is the LOCATION of the cold receptors?
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Superficial
all skin |
What is the LOCATION of the mechanical (free nerve ending)?
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Superficial
all skin |
What is the LOCATION of the thermal (free nerve ending)?
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Superficial
all skin |
What is the LOCATION of the polymodal (free nerve ending)?
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mechanoreceptors
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detect pressure, force, or vibration.
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thermoreceptors
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detect temp
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nocireceptors
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detect tissue-damaging stimuli
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free nerve endings
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The few somatosensory receptors types that lack indentifiable specialized structures
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in the epidermis
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Where are merkel discs and meissners corpuscle located?
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in the dermis
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Where are hair follicle receptors, Pacinian corpuscles, and Ruffini's endings located?
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meissner corpuscles
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_________ _________ are ONLY found in glabrous skin (hairless skin).
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paradoxical cold
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Ther perception of cold at these hot temps is referred to as __________ ____.
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