Somatosensation

Match the following somatosensation terms with their appropriate definition.

• Information from the skin

• Proprioception

• Information from the musculoskeletal system

• Exteroception

• Information from internal organs

• Interoception

When a receptor at the nerve terminal of an afferent neuron is stimulated the neuron is polarised.

• True

• False

Match the type of neural receptor with its appropriate stimulus.

• Stimuli that distort their plasma membrane

• Chemoreceptors

• Stimuli relating to pain

• Thermoreceptors

• Stimuli relating to temperature

• Nociceptors

• Respond to dissolved substances in body fluids

• Mechanoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which type of fibres carry fast sensations of pain?

• Myelinated type A receptors

• Unmyelinated type C receptors

• Proprioceptors

• Baroreceptors

• Tactile receptors

Muscle spindles are the sensory receptors within skeletal muscle.

• True

• False

Golgi tendon organs detect force/muscle tension generated during muscle contraction, which is detected as stretch.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Match the following special sensory receptor with its appropriate sense.

• Hearing and balance

• Chemoreceptors

• Taste and smell

• Rods and cones

• Vision

• Hair cells

Which fibre type from the options below transmits slower signals related to pain?

• Large diameter fibres

• Small diameter fibres

In a disease that only targeted nerve endings of large diameter fibres, which of the following senses would be lost? Select all that apply.

• Pressure

• Vibration

• Light touch

• Temperature

• Pain

Each receptor monitors a specific area known as a 'receptive field'.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8