Explain the difference between slow adapting and fast adapting receptors for touch. Give an example of a situation where each type of receptor would be activated.

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Q: list and describe the five major types of sensory receptors, and give an example of each?

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Q: List the four categories of sensory receptors and describe what each respondsto.

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Q: Explain why evolution has favored slow sensory adaptation to painstimuli.

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Q: Compare and contrast ionotropic and signaling. Which senses use which type?

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Q: Compare and contrast somatosensation and pain pathways.

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Q: Describe receptor and generator potentials and sensory adaptation.

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Q: describe examples of visual, acoustic, chemical, and tactile(touch) signals?

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Q: Describe how receptor adaptation works.

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Q: Relate the methods of pain control to the gate-controltheory.

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