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| receptors classified if they provide info about the external environment |
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| monitor conditions inside the body |
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| respond to a variety of stimuli ussually associated with tissue damage |
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fast and slow pain.
fast pain-prickling
slow pain-burning and aching |
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| respond to changes in temp. also conduct sensations along the same pathaway that carry pain sensations. |
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| respond to physical distortion, contact, or pressure on their cell membranes |
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| to touch, pressure, and vibration |
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| to pressure changes in the walls of bld vessels and the digestive, reproductive and urinary tracts |
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| proprioceptors(muscle sprindles) |
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| to position of joints and muscles |
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| fine touch and pressure receptors |
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| probide detailed info about a source of stimulation |
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| crude touch and pressure receptors |
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| important tactile receptors include |
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| free nerve endings, the root hari plexus, tactile discs(Merkel's discs) |
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| stratum germainatum that are sensitive to fine touch. |
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| tactile corpuscles(meissner's corpuscles),ruffini corpuscles, and lamellated corpuscles(pacinian corpuscles) |
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| baroreceptors(stretch receptors) |
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| monitor changes in pressure. respond immediately but adapt rapidly. in walls of major arteries and veins that respond to change in BP. receptors along digestive tract help coordinate reflex activities of digestion. |
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| monitor position of joints, tension in tendons and ligaments, and the state of muscular contraction |
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| respond to water-soluble and lipid-soluble substances that are dissolved in the surrounding fluid. they monitor the chemical composition of body fluids |
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