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The sensations of touch and pressure are picked up by receptors located in?
sensory receptor
What are the somatic receptors?
Somatic receptors are a specialized type of receptor located near the surface of the body. These cells detect passive types of environmental stimuli, such as temperature, air currents, and barometric pressure. The receptors transmit the information to the sensory pathways via action potentials. The sensory pathways deliver the somatic (and visceral) information to the central nervous system.
Which somatic senses enable us to detect which sensations?
touch, temperature and pain
What are the sensory receptors that are responsible for sensations of smell and taste?
chemoreceptors
Which component of the nervous system makes contact with the environment?
The somatic nervous system of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) makes contact with the enviroment.
The sensations of touch and pressure are picked up by receptors located in?
sensory receptor
How are sensory receptors classified?
somatic receptors and special receptors
Are the raw data of experience based on the activation of certain receptors located in the various sensory organs?
Sensations
What are the somatic receptors?
Somatic receptors are a specialized type of receptor located near the surface of the body. These cells detect passive types of environmental stimuli, such as temperature, air currents, and barometric pressure. The receptors transmit the information to the sensory pathways via action potentials. The sensory pathways deliver the somatic (and visceral) information to the central nervous system.
Normal balance or equilibrium depends on input from a number of sensory receptors name them?
Vestibular receptors, Visual receptors, Somatic receptors (from skin, muscle, joints)Type your answer here...
What is somatic amplification?
SA is a tendency to perceive normal somatic and visceral sensations as being overly intense in a negative way.
Which somatic senses enable us to detect which sensations?
touch, temperature and pain
Are general somatic receptors distributed evenly over the body?
no
What are the sensory receptors that are responsible for sensations of smell and taste?
chemoreceptors
What causes people to detect odors?
People detect odors because sensory receptors located in the nose carry smell sensations to the brain. The receptors, which are nerve cell endings, are found in the mucous membrane in the roof of the nose.
Define a somatic receptor?
Receptors located on the body surface. They transduce/convert environmental energies (e.g. light, heat, pressure) into action potential that are processed by the brain.
What are pain sensations in the skin muscles tendons and joints that are carried on large nerve fibers?
somatic pain
