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10 Cards in this Set
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General Senses |
Touch, temperature, pain, proprioception |
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Special Senses |
Smell, taste, vision, hearing, equilibrium |
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Sensory Receptors |
Specialized, only certain kinds of stimulation, convert stimulation to nerve impulse. |
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Kinds of Receptors |
Chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors, nociceptors, mechanoreceptors, baroreceptors, photoreceptors |
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Mechanoreceptors |
A sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel's discs, Ruffini endings. Hearing and equilibrium |
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Thermoreceptor |
A non-specialized sensory receptor, or neuron, that codes absolute and relative changes in temperature, primarily within the innocuous range. |
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Nociceptor |
A sensory nerve cell that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending signals to the spinal cord and brain. |
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Referred Pain |
pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual source. |
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Chemoreceptors |
Sensory extensions of the peripheral nervous system into blood vessels where they detect changes in chemical concentrations. Smell and taste. |
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Photoreceptors |
Photosensitive cell in the retina. |
