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15 Cards in this Set
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What are the 5 sensory receptor types?
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1.Chemo
2. Nociceptors 3..Thermo 4.Mechano 5.Photo |
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What is Chemo?
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Chemical conentrations-taste,smell, &blood hchemistry.
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What is Nociceptors?
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Pain- due to excess mechanical, electrical, thermal, and chemical energy.
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What is Mechano?
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Touch, pressure, vibration,, stretch, &itch.
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What is photo?
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The eye.
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What are some somatic senses?
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Skin, musles, joints, & free nerve endings.
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Where are free nerve endings located?
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Everywhere, especially skin & connective tissue.
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Do noniceptors ever adapt?
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NO
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What are the two natural body "opiates"?
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endophin & enkephalin
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Endorphin & enkephalon is up to 100% better than___?
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plant source opiates.
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Endorphin & enkephalin contributes to "____" high
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runners
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Endorphin & enkephalin contributes to "____" high
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runners
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Where are cold type thermo receptors located? Heat type?
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Outer dermis, deep in dermis
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T or F- Do Thermo receptors adapt over time?
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True; they turn into pain.
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What are special epidermal cells that have a light touch sense and synaps w/ free nerve endings?
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Merkal cells
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