Special Senses Reivew Questions

What are sensory receptors responsible for?

• Detecting environmental changes

• Producing hormones

• Sending nutrients to tissues

• Generating energy

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Which type of sensory receptors are widely distributed throughout the body and structurally simple?

• Special Sense Receptors

• Chemoreceptors

• General Sense Receptors

• Mechanoreceptors

Which type of receptor is stimulated by changes in chemical concentrations?

• Pain Receptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Chemoreceptor

• Photoreceptor

What type of receptor is stimulated by light?

• Chemoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Photoreceptor

• Pain Receptor

What is a sensation?

• The interpretation of sensory impulses by the brain

• When sensory receptors reach threshold and action potentials occur

• A memory of sensory input

• A change in temperature detected by the skin

What is perception?

• Becoming aware of a stimulus

• A reflex action caused by the brain

• The brain interpreting sensory impulses

• The creation of new sensory pathways

What is the process called when the brain projects the sensation back to its source?

• Perception

• Adaptation

• Projection

• Reflex

What is sensory adaptation?

• The brain becoming overwhelmed with sensory input

• Sensory receptors becoming less responsive to maintained stimuli

• The amplification of sensory signals

• The removal of irrelevant sensory pathways

Where are pain receptors NOT found?

• Skin

• Internal tissues

• Nervous tissue of the brain

• Muscles

What is referred pain?

• Pain caused by overstimulation of receptors

• Pain felt in a different area than its source

• Pain that fades quickly after stimulus

• Pain caused by chemical exposure