Multiple Choice
Which type of sensory receptor is stimulated by touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch?
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13. The Peripheral Nervous System
Sensory Receptor Classification by Modality
Back13. The Peripheral Nervous System
Sensory Receptor Classification by Modality
- Multiple ChoiceWhich type of sensory receptor responds to touch and pressure?
- Multiple ChoiceIn the classification of sensory receptors by modality, how many sensory modalities can a single sensory neuron encode?
- Textbook Question
What three types of mechanoreceptors respond to stretching, compression, twisting, or other distortions of their plasma membrane?
- Multiple ChoiceHow are the sensory receptors for hearing and touch similar in terms of their classification by modality?
- Textbook Question
Characterize each receptor activity described below by choosing the appropriate letter and number(s) from keys A and B.
_____ , _____ (1) You are enjoying an ice cream cone.
_____ , _____ (2) You have just scalded yourself with hot coffee.
_____ , _____ (3) The retinas of your eyes are stimulated.
_____ , _____ (4) You bump (lightly) into someone.
_____ , _____ (5) You are in a completely dark room and reaching toward the light switch.
_____ , _____ (6) You feel uncomfortable after a large meal.
Key A:
a. Exteroceptor
b. Interoceptor
c. Proprioceptor
Key B:
(1) Chemoreceptor
(2) Mechanoreceptor
(3) Nociceptor
(4) Photoreceptor
(5) Thermoreceptor
3views - Textbook Question
Receptors in the saccule and utricle provide sensations of
(a) Angular acceleration
(b) Hearing
(c) Vibration
(d) Gravity and linear acceleration and deceleration
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following have nonencapsulated (free) nerve endings?2views1rank
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following receptors is considered a free dendritic ending?1views
- Multiple ChoiceWhat is the primary difference between sensory receptors and effectors in the human body?
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following receptors does not trigger a sensation?
- Multiple ChoiceWhat types of sensations do sensory receptors detect?
- Textbook Question
Differentiate between a tonic receptor and a phasic receptor.
- Textbook Question
_______ receptors are normally inactive, but become active for a short time whenever there is a change in the modality that they monitor.
- Textbook Question
Differentiate clearly between sensation and perception.