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14 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Transduction
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Conversion of variations of a physical quantity into a signal
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In what lobes of the cerebral hemisphere are the sensory cortex areas found in?
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Parietal
Occipital Temporal Insular |
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What systems make up the chemical senses?
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Olfactory
Gustatory |
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Receptors of somatosensory system
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Mechanoreceptors
Thermoreceptors Chemoreceptors |
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Receptor of visual system
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Photoreceptors
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Receptor of vestibular system
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Mechanoreceptors
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Receptor of auditory system
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Mechanoreceptors
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Receptor of olfactory system
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Chemoreceptors
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Receptors of gustatory system
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Chemoreceptors
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Graded potentials
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Potentials that do not follow an all or nothing rule
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Trigger zone
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Defined area of the axon where action potentials are generated
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Four attributes that characterize a sensory stimulus
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Modality
Intensity Duration Location |
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Population code
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High intensity stimuli can activate more individual axons than low intensity stimuli
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Receptive filed of a neuron
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Area where responses can be induced in a certain neuron
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