Where would you expect to find a high concentration of Merkel discs and other tactile corpuscles? Why?

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Q: Regardless of the nature of a stimulus, sensory information must be sent to the central nervous…

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Q: What does a receptor detect?

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Q: The vestibular apparatus is located completely inside the head. If you close your eyes, how can you…

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Q: Our vestibular sense contributes to our ability to ________. A) feel pain B) regulate body…

A: There are five major sensory organs in humans. These are eyes, ears, skin, tongue and nose.

Q: A reduction in sensitivity in the presence of constant stimulus is called: (a) transduction. (b)…

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Q: What stimulus modalities are detected by free nerveendings?

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Q: How do hair cells in the cochlea and vestibular apparatus transduce mechanical vibrations into…

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Q: Match the receptor type in column B to the correct description in column A.

A: Mechanoreceptor is a kind of sensory cell that stimulates response to mechanical pressure. It…

Q: Define the term Primary Sensory Coding?

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Q: Which receptor(s) are responsible for our ability for applying the appropriate amount of pressure to…

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Q: Grandpa can't ever seem to hear what his little granddaughters say. He also can't hear that…

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Q: A scientist studying auditory transmission of low frequencies would take a recording from nerves at…

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Q: Which Receptor detects smell?

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Q: What is the role of transduction in the sensory system? How doestransduction occur for each of the…

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Q: Your friend’s cerebral blood vessel burst on account of high blood pressure and a high platelet…

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Q: Gustatory epithelial cells are also known as: (a) tactile discs. (b) taste receptors. (c) hair…

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Q: Which of the following statements concerning photoreceptors is not correct cones produce colored…

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Q: You want to record membrane potential changes in axons of neurons that process different types…

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Q: The mechanoreceptor cells used in hearing (and balance) are called (?????).

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Q: Precise localization of a somatosensory stimulus is improved by: Increasing frequency coding O…

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Q: How does the nervous system code information about stimulus intensity?

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Q: Why can tactile stimulus be localized in parts of our body better than other parts?

A: Our body has different sense organs like eyes for vision, ears for hearing, nose for smell, tongue…