Senses BrainPOP

What is one difference between touch and the rest of your senses?

• you feel touch all over the body
• touch is entirely voluntary
• your brain is involved in touch
• it's impossible for touch to be impaired

Your touch receptors are located:

• in the brain
• deep within your skin
• in your muscles
• on the surface of the skin

A soft object brushes lightly against you. You're most likely to feel the sensation if it touches your:

• hand
• leg
• chest
• arm

The nerve endings in your feet and tongue are ___ than other nerve endings in your body.

• larger in number

• larger in size

• more sensitive

• faster

Which of these actions will stimulate your mechanoreceptors?

• spraining you ankle while walking

• eating ice cream too fast

• having your wrist squeezed tightly

• being burned by a flame

What can you infer about "thermo" from the info about thermoreceptors?

• refers to vibrations
• refers to pain
• refers to touch
• refers to temperature

How are pain receptors different from other types of receptors?

• they don't transmit messages to the brain or spinal cord

• they transmit messages slower than other receptors

• they only function while you're awake

• they are found in a few locations on your body

If your proprioception didn't work, how would you know where your legs were?

• by looking at them
• by touching them
• by moving them quickly
• by hurting them

You put something in your mouth and it tastes absolutely terrible. What might be the cause of this?

• Your body is trying to tell you that it might make you fat

• Your body is trying to warn you that it's dangerous

• Your body is trying to tell you that you've already eaten too much

• Your taste buds are too undeveloped to appreciate it

Which of the following fits the definition of "umami?"

• Bread

• A lemon

• A piece of candy

• A piece of meat