Chapter 5-pt 1 Review

What does the concept of 'labeled lines' refer to in sensory transduction?

• The process by which sensory receptors convert stimuli into electrical signals

• The specific neural pathways dedicated to carrying information about a particular modality

• The adaptation of sensory receptors to a constant stimulus over time

• The distribution of sensory receptors across the skin

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Which type of receptor in the skin is primarily responsible for detecting temperature changes?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Nociceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Proprioceptors

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What phenomenon describes the decrease in sensitivity of sensory receptors to a constant stimulus over time?

• Sensory adaptation

• Sensory transduction

• Labeled lines

• Receptive field modulation

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Which type of skin receptor is involved in detecting pain?

• Thermoreceptors

• Nociceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Proprioceptors

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How is touch information transmitted from the body to the brain?

• Through the circulatory system

• Via specialized endocrine glands

• Using neural pathways dedicated to touch

• By direct transmission from skin cells to brain cells

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Which receptors are primarily responsible for detecting mechanical pressures and distortions on the skin?

• Thermoreceptors

• Proprioceptors

• Nociceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

Which type of receptors transduce touch, pressure, and vibration?

• Meissner's corpuscles

• Pacinian corpuscles

• Merkel's disks

• Ruffini's corpuscles

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Which of the following measures the skin's sensitivity to touch?

• Two-Point Discrimination

• Dermatomes

• Temperature Receptors

• Pain Transduction

This part of the brain is responsible for the sensation of touch.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

The total surface area of somatosensory cortex dedicated to different regions of the body is determined by which of the following?

• the type of mechanoreceptors that innervate the region

• the number of mechanoreceptors that innervate the body region

• the surface of the body region

• how thin the skin is in the region

• the innervation density of the body region