General and Special Senses

The simplest sensory receptors are

• free nerve endings

• encapsulated nerve endings

• separate cells

• cones

A decreased sensitivity that occurs when a stimulus is continuously applied to sensory receptors.

• adaptation

• sensation

• perception

• proprioception

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Which of the following senses does NOT belong to the group of somatic senses?

• touch

• temperature

• blood pressure

• pain

All of the following are general senses EXCEPT

• touch

• temperature

• equilibrium

• pain

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All of the following are mechanoreceptors EXCEPT

• hair root plexuses

• Meissner's corpuscles

• Pacinian corpuscles

• nociceptors

• Ruffini corpuscles

Touch receptors are classified as

• mechanoreceptors

• nociceptors

• chemoceptors

• photoreceptors

Which receptors detect pressure?

• hair root plexuses

• Meissner's corpuscles

• Pacinian corpuscles

• nociceptors

• Ruffini corpuscles

Pain in the left arm felt during a heart attack is called

• referred pain

• sharp pain

• phantom pain

• delayed pain

The sense of the body's position

• proprioception

• kinesthesia

• tactile sense

• synesthesis

• nociception

Chemicals in the air are detected by

• olfactory epithelium

• taste buds

• osmoreceptors

• Ruffini corpuscles