Sense of Touch

The skin senses for which of the following?

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Pain

• Touch

• The skin can sense all of these

Tactile and pressure receptors are known as

• mechanoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• photoreceptors

• thermoreceptors

Largest organ in your body:

• eye

• lungs

• skin

• femur

Your sense of touch can warn you of danger

• True

• False

Three basic touch sensations?

• Pressure, Temperature, Pain

• Pain, Arousal, Gestation

• Pressure, Stress, Anxiety

• Tympanic, Bombastic, Histrionic

How does the brain naturally respond to the feeling of pain?

• release of endorphins, natural hormonal pain killers

• releasing neurons that spread the localized pain across the body

• releasing pheromones that take our mind off the pain

• tensing up the body so that it can easily absorb the pain

Which type of receptor detects damage to tissues?

• Chemoreceptors
• Pain Receptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Mechanorecptors

Which type of receptor detects temperature differences?

• Chemoreceptors
• Pain Receptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors