Touch BrainPOP

What is one difference between touch and the rest of your senses?

• you feel touch all over the body
• touch is entirely voluntary
• your brain is involved in touch
• it's impossible for touch to be impaired

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Your touch receptors are located:

• in the brain
• deep within your skin
• in your muscles
• on the surface of the skin

A soft object brushes lightly against you. You're most likely to feel the sensation if it touches your:

• hand
• leg
• chest
• arm

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The nerve endings in your feet and tongue are ___ than other nerve endings in your body.

• larger in number
• larger in size
• more sensitive
• faster

Which of these actions will stimulate your mechanorecptors?

• spraining you ankle while walking
• eating ice cream too fast
• having your wrist squeezed tightly
• being burned by a flame

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Your receptors are part of your ___ system.

• digestive
• nervous
• circulatory
• repiratory

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You can find mechanoreceptors inside which organ?

• ear
• brain
• heart
• eye

What can you infer about "thermo" from the info about thermoreceptors?

• refers to vibrations
• refers to pain
• refers to touch
• refers to temperature

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How are pain receptors different from other types of receptors?

• they don't transmit messages to the brain or spinal cord
• they transmit messages slower than other receptors
• they only function while you're awake
• they are found in a few locations on your body

If your proprioception didn't work, how would you know where your legs were?

• by looking at them
• by touching them
• by moving them quickly
• by hurting them

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