Human Physiology
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ISBN: 9781259864629
Author: Fox, Stuart Ira
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 10, Problem 1bCP
Summary Introduction
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The law of specific nerve energies to adequate a stimulus.
Introduction:
Body has specific sensory receptors for detecting the specific stimuli, and helps us perceive the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, pain and hearing. The receptors are classified as the chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors, photoreceptors, mechanoreceptors and nocireceptors. Their response is specific for a function that they are designed for. They follow the law of specific nerve energies.
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Describe the passage of information through the nervous system using a specific example. Be sure to include in detail:
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Human Physiology
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