Sensory Systems Quiz

What is the first step in the process of sensation?

• Generation of nerve impulses

• Stimulation of the sensory receptor

• Integration of sensory input

• Transduction of the stimulus

Which type of sensory receptor responds to pain?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Nociceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

What type of sensation do proprioceptors provide information about?

• Pain

• Temperature

• Position of the body

• Touch

Which of the following is NOT a special sense?

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

• Hearing

What is the term for the ability to differentiate between stimuli?

• Discriminative capacity

• Adaptation

• Receptive field

• Labeled line principle

Which receptors are responsible for detecting temperature changes?

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Nociceptors

• Thermoreceptors

What is the role of lateral inhibition in sensory perception?

• Decreases sensory pattern perception

• Enhances the spread of excitatory signals

• Increases the rate of action potentials

• Blocks lateral spread of excitatory signals

Which pathway transmits fine touch sensations?

• Dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway

• Spinothalamic pathway

• Anterolateral pathway

• Corticospinal pathway

What type of receptors adapt rapidly to constant stimuli?

• None of the above

• Slowly adapting receptors

• Rapidly adapting receptors

• Both types of receptors

Which of the following sensations is transmitted by the anterolateral system?

• Fine touch

• Vibratory sensations

• Pain

• Proprioception