nervous system 4 physiology

Nervous System 4: The Peripheral Nervous System

Outcomes

1.      Distinguish between the afferent and efferent divisions

2.      Explain what is a sensory receptor

3.      Explain how sensory receptors are classified according to stimulus, location and structure (simple or complex)

4.      Describe the following encapsulated receptors giving their location and stimulus to which they respond:

a.      Meissner’s corpuscle

b.      Pacinian corpuscle

c.      Ruffini ending

d.      Muscle spindle

e.      Golgi tendon organ

f.       Joint kinaesthetic recept

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1. the sensory division of the peripheal nervous system is also described as the efferent division

  • False
  • True
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2. which is false of sensory receptors

  • graded potentials trigger nerve impulses in the CNS
  • sensation awareness and perception interpretation happens in the spinal nerves
  • responds to changes in their environment
  • typically stimuli to a sensor results in graded potentials
  • clasified by stimulus type, location and structurel complexity

3. which is true of the following sensory receptors

  • nociceptors respond to heat
  • thermoreceptors respond to light
  • chemo receptors responds to pressure
  • mechanoreceptors respond to touch
  • photoreceptors respond to damage and result in pain

4. complex receptors are associated with sight and smell as well as others

  • True
  • False

5. which is false of sensory receptors classified by location

  • interoceptors respond to stimuli in the body
  • proprioceptors respond to internal stimuli in skeletal muscle,bone, joint, ligament and tendons
  • receptor types cannot have multiple location classifications
  • exteroceptors respond to stimuli ahppening outside the body most are near the body surface

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