LO a) the roles of mammalian sensory receptors in converting different types of stimuli into nerve impulses

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What do sensory receptors do? And what are they also known as?
Detect changes in our surroundings and they're also known as transducers
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What do receptor cells do?
They respond to a variety of stimuli e.g. pressure, temperature, light and sound by initiating an action potential
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Give an example of a receptor, sense and form of energy this is received in
Rode/cone cells - sight - light, Taste buds - taste - chemical E, Ruffini's endings - temperature - heat
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What is the process of the pacinian corpuscle?
Pressure on the skin increases, rings of concentric connective tissue deform, connective tissue pushes against nerve endings, action potential is generated
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Give an example of a stimulus energy and stimulus.
Photoreceptor- electromagnetic - light intensity, thermoreceptor - thermal - temperature change
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They respond to a variety of stimuli e.g. pressure, temperature, light and sound by initiating an action potential

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What do receptor cells do?

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Rode/cone cells - sight - light, Taste buds - taste - chemical E, Ruffini's endings - temperature - heat

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Pressure on the skin increases, rings of concentric connective tissue deform, connective tissue pushes against nerve endings, action potential is generated

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Photoreceptor- electromagnetic - light intensity, thermoreceptor - thermal - temperature change

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