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13 Cards in this Set
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Tough fibrous sheath around a nerve |
Epineurium |
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Coarse connective tissue that bundles fibers into fascicles |
Perineurium |
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Loose connective tissue surrounding axons |
Endoneurium |
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Respond chiefly to temperature and pain |
Free dendritic nerve endings |
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Epidermis, respond to light touch |
Merkel disks |
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Epidermis, respond to touch |
Meissner’s corpuscles |
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Epidermis, respond to vibration |
Pacinian corpuscles |
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Tendons, respond to stretching |
Golgi tendon organs |
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What sensory receptors do not adapt |
Pain receptors and proprioceptors |
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What sensory receptors adapt quickly |
Receptors responding to pressure, touch, and smell |
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Interlacing nerve nerworks |
Plexuses |
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Where are plexuses found |
Cervical, brachial, lumbar, and sacral regions |
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Area of skin innervated by the branches of a single spinal nerve |
Dermatomes |