Sensory Receptors Quiz

The Senses maintain _______ by providing information about the outside world and the _______ environment.

Receptors are _______ distributed throughout the body.

Receptors are considered _______ and are confined to structures in the _______.

A stimulus first stimulates sensory receptors. _______: stimulus is converted into graded receptor potentials.

_______: Receptor potentials trigger action potentials that are then conducted along sensory neurons to CNS.

_______ occurs in the brain or spinal cord of the CNS.

Sensory receptors are designed to respond to _______ stimuli.

They allow the body to interpret sensory events by collecting information from the _______ and relaying it to the _______.

Sensory receptors can take the form of ends of _______ or _______ near extensions of the neurons.

Stimulation of a sensory receptor causes local change in its _______ potential.