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| Receptors associated with the skin, muscles, joints , and viscera make up the ? |
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| These receptors are common in epithelial tissues , free ends branch and extend b/w epithelial cells. responsible for itching sensation. |
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| Tactile (Meissner's) corpuscles |
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| Small oval masses, abundant in hairless areas of the skin, and respond to light touch sensation. |
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| Lamellated (pacinian) corpuscles |
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| relatively large structures , composed of connective tissue fibers and cells therefore is found in the deepr dermal and subcutaneous tissue. Respond to heavy pressure associated with sensation of deep pressure. |
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| Free nerve endings , Tactile corpuscles(Meissners), Lamellated corpuscles ( pacinian) |
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| Three types of touch and pressure sense. |
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| Warm receptors and Cold receptors |
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| Temperature sensation depends on two types of free nerve endings in the skin. |
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| sensitive to temperatures 25 C or 77 F |
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| when are warm receptors most sensitive |
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| sensitive to temperatures 25 C or 77 F |
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| when are warm receptors most sensitive |
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| Warm receptors become unresponsive at this temperature and also stimulate pain receptors producing a burning sensation. |
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| 10 C/ 50 F and 20 C / 68F |
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| Cold receptors are most sensitive between ? |
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| Temperatures below this stimulate pain receptors and produce a freezing sensation. |
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| Nervous tissue of the brain |
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| Area that Lacks pain receptors |
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| deficiency of oxygen rich blood |
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| Visceral pain may feel as if it is coming form a part of the body other than the part being stimulated. |
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| the fibers that conduct impulses away from the pain recpetors |
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| sharp pain sensation, myelinated. |
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| Unmyelinated, conducts impulses slower, and may be diffuse and difficult to pinpoint unlike acute which senses pain coming from the skin this one senses pain from deeper tissues as well . |
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| determines pain intensity , locates pain source , and mediates emotional and motor responses to the pain. |
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| Enkephalins and endorphins |
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| Released in response to extreme pain and provide natural pain control. |
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| chemo which means that the chemicals dissolved in liquids stimulate them. |
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| olfactory and taste receptors are what type of receptors |
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| yellowish brown masses of epi. about the sized of postage stamps that cover the upper parts of the nasal cavity, the superior nasal conchae , and part of the nasal septum. |
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| Another name for odorant molecules |
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| responsible to for the emotional response to odors. |
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| the action potentials and the other olfactory recpetor cells travel to the --- in the brain where the sensation of smell arises. |
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| are the special organs of taste |
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| tiny projections protrude from the outer ends of the taste cells and extend from the taste pore. these are the sensitive parts of the receptor cells. |
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| Sweet, Sour , Salty , Bitter , and Umami |
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| The five primary taste sensations are ? |
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| Sensory impulses from cells in the tongue travel on fibers of the facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves into the medulla oblongata. |
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| Tympanic membrane , the auricle , and the external acoustic meatus. |
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| 3 parts of the outer ear. |
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| helps collect sound waves traveling through the air and directs them into the external acoustic meatus. |
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| Another word for middle ear. |
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| malleus , incus , and stapes (auditory ossicles) |
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| 3 small bones of the middle ear |
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| attaches to the eardrum and vibrates in uniso with the ear drum |
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| attaches to the eardrum and vibrates in uniso with the ear drum |
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| vibrations of the --- at the oval window moves a fluid in the inner ear , which stimulates the hearing receptors. |
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| Auditory tube/ Eustachian tube. |
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| connects each middle ear to the back of the nasal cavity or nasopharynx. It also conducts air between the tympanic cavity and the outside of the body by way of the mouth and nose. This tube helps maintain equal air pressure on both sides of the eardrum, which is necessary for normal hearing. |
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| Communicating chambers and tubes |
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| osseous and membranous labyrinth |
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| Each ear has 2 parts of the labyrinth |
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| fluid secreted by cells in the wall of the bony canal |
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| Part of the labyrinth that provides a sense of equilibrium |
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| part of the labyrinth that functions in hearing |
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