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What are senses vital for?
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growth and development
survival enjoyment |
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What can impaired sensory functioning and deprivation lead to?
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altered growth and development
injury decreased well-being |
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What is sensory reception?
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receiving of information from internal and external environment through the senses
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What is stereognosis?
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perception of solidity, shape, size texture
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What is kinesthesia?
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awareness of body position and movement from muscles
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What is sensory perception?
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conscious process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data
meaningful information obtained influenced by stimuli, past experiences, knowledge and attitude |
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What must a stimulus be?
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present to initiate a response
received and converted to a nerve impulse |
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What must an impulse be?
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conducted along nerve pathway from receptor or sense organ to the brain
received in brain and translated into sensation |
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What is the reticular activating system?
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extends from the hypothalmus to the medulla
mediates sensory arousal receives, monitors and regulates incoming impulses from all sensory tracts maintains, enhances, or inhibits cortical stimulation |
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What is the optimal sensory arousal state?
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sensoristasis
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