Intro to Senses

These general senses provide sensory information about the external body and environment

• Visceral

• Somatic

• Taste

• Smell

Which of the following is NOT a special sense?

• Taste

• Smell

• Sight

• Touch

This sensory receptor responds to pain sensations

• Nociceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Chemoreceptors
• Photoreceptors 

Chemoreceptors can be found:

• In the eye

• In the nose

• In the ear

• In the skin

________ is the conscious awareness of stimuli.

• Sense

• Proprioception

• Sensation

• Perception

Which of the following is a visceral sense?

• Pain

• Temperature

• Touch

• Proprioception

________ responds to changes in pressure.

• Baroreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Nociceptors

Sharp, pin-pointed pain is associated with _______ nociceptors.

• Visceral

• Somatic

• Special

• Proprioceptive

_______ is the ability to perceive stimuli.

• Perception

• Sense

• Awareness

• Sensation

Which type of receptor detects temperature changes?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Nociceptors

• Proprioceptors