Sensory System

sensory organs are able to "sense" this information because _____________

• receptors
• action potential
• mechanoreceptors
• thermoreceptors

when receptor is triggered, it causes an ______ in the sensory

• receptors
• action potential
• mechanoreceptors
• thermoreceptors

stimuated by changes in pressure or movement

• receptors
• action potential
• mechanoreceptors
• thermoreceptors

stimulated by changes in temperature (found in skin)

• receptors
• action potential
• mechanoreceptors
• thermoreceptors

stimulated by tissue damage ( found in skin and viscera)

• receptors
• action potential
• mechanoreceptors
• pain receptors

stimulated by changes in chemical concentration of substances (taste and smell)

• receptors

• chemoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

stimulated by light (found only in the eye)

• chemoreceptors
• mechanoreceptors
• thermoreceptors
• photoreceptors

________ have pain receptors and thermal receptors

• chemoreceptors
• free nerve endings
• thermoreceptors
• photoreceptors

inside the body's organ, pain is often felt in another area. This is called _____

• stumuls free pain
• referred pain
• accidental pain
• fake pain

_______ contains the chemoreceptors that are found in the epithelium

• tonge
• taste buds
• chemoreceptors
• free nerve endings