Sensory Receptors Quiz

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

(a)  

Receptors are (a)   distributed throughout the body.

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

(a)  

A stimulus first stimulates sensory receptors. (a)   : stimulus is converted into graded receptor potentials.

(a)   : Receptor potentials trigger action potentials that are then conducted along sensory neurons to CNS.

(a)   occurs in the brain or spinal cord of the CNS.

Sensory receptors are designed to respond to (a)   stimuli.

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

(a)  

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

(a)  

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