The Senses

Which kind of receptors responds to a change in temperature?

• Chemoreceptors

• Pain Receptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

Which kind of receptors responds to changes in pressure or movement?

• Chemoreceptors

• Pain Receptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

Which kind of receptors responds are related to your sense of smell and taste?

• Chemoreceptors

• Pain Receptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

True/False: Tactile (Meissner's) corpuscles are somatic nerve fibers sensitive to deep pressure.

• True

• False

Pain receptors are found throughout the body EXCEPT for...

• The viscera

• The integument

• The brain

• The bones

What type of pain is felt somewhere other than the body area in which it occurs?

• Somatic pain

• Referred pain

• Chronic pain

• Acute pain

Which of the following is NOT considered a special sense?

• Pain

• Smell

• Equilibrium

• Taste

• Hearing

True/False: Olfactory receptors do not adapt quickly.

• True

• False

How many types of taste cells do you have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

The organs of taste are the

• papillae

• taste pores

• taste hairs

• taste buds