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2. In the homunculus, the body areas are represented with regards to what?

  • Tactile Sensitivity
  • Skin Area

3. Which of the following is not true for rapidly adapting receptors and is true for ONLY slowly adapting receptors?

  • The receptor encodes the duration and intensity of stimuli
  • The receptor encodes the dynamic features of stimuli
  • It characterised by a burst of action potentials which rapidly decays
  • It is part of a peripheral mechanism to inhibit sensory information so the brain is not overloaded

4. What mechanism do the centre/surround receptor fields exhibit? (These receptor fields are present in the dorsal column nuclei and thalamic neurones

  • Lateral Inhibition
  • Medial Excitation
  • Medial Inhibtion
  • Lateral Excitation

5. Which of the muscle and joint mechanoreceptors is responsible for the detection of joint position and movement?

  • Golgi tendon organ
  • Joint capsule
  • Muscle spindle secondary
  • Muscle spindle primary
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