Encapsulated nerve endings - ANSWER respond to touch, pressure,
vibration
The finger-like projections extending from the neuron's cell body that are most frequently the
site of stimulation and formation of graded potentials are called ____________ . -
ANSWER dendrites
,When a stimulus activates its specific sensory receptor. - ANSWER sense
The process of your brain interpreting all the stimuli at a given time - ANSWER
perceive
Receptors can either _________ fast or slowly. If they do so quickly, they are called _________
receptors, if they do so slowly, they are called _________ receptors. - ANSWER
adapt, tonic, phasic
General senses - ANSWER - found all over the body
- include free nerve ending and encapsulated dendrites
Special senses - ANSWER - all located in the head
- most require special cells
- sometimes require complex support structures
Exteroceptors - ANSWER receptors sense information coming from the
outside
, Interoceptor - ANSWER sense information originating from the inside
Proprioceptor - ANSWER receptors sense information about body
position.
Chemoceptors - ANSWER sense changed in chemical composition
Noicioceptors - ANSWER sense pain
Mechanoreceptors - ANSWER sense stretching, pressure or vibration
Photoreceptors - ANSWER sense light
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