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16 Cards in this Set
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What is the technical term for touch?
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somatosensation
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What is kinesthesis?
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body part localization from information muscles, tendions, and joints
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What is proprioception?
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body part localization from kinesthesis and vestibular system
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What are mechanoreceptors?
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sensory receptors that respond to mechanial stimulation (warmth, cold, pressure, pain)
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What are the attributes of a touch receptor?
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type of stimulation responds to
size of response field rate of adaptation |
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Which mechanoreceptors are slow adapting with a small receptive field?
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merkel
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Which mechanoreceptors are slow adapting with a large receptive field?
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ruffini
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Which mechanoreceptors are fast adapting with small receptive fields?
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Meissner
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Which mechanoreceptors are fast adapting with large receptive fields?
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Pacinian
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What are thermoreceptors?
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receptors that tell us about temperature
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What are nociceptors?
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pain receptors
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What is analgesia?
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lack of pain
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What are the receiving areas for touch in the cortex?
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somatosensory area (S1)
somatosensory area (S2) |
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What is somatotopic?
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how touch sensations are presented in area S1 (analogous to retinotopy)
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What is a homunculus?
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maplike represensation of regions of the body in the brain
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What is haptic perception?
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processing of inputs from multiple subsystems: skin, muscles, tendons, joints
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