To define: Pain.
Introduction: The sensory receptors are the nerves which are stimulated by a physical stimulus and create nerve impulse to send information to the brain. The tactile receptors are the most numerous types of sensory receptors. These receptors are present in the skin and mucous membranes. The dendritic nerve endings of tactile receptors are either unencapsulated or encapsulated.
To describe: One type of pain receptor.
Introduction: The sensory receptors are the nerves which are stimulated by a physical stimulus and create nerve impulse to send information to the brain. The tactile receptors are the most numerous types of sensory receptors. These receptors are present in the skin and mucous membranes. The dendritic nerve endings of tactile receptors are either unencapsulated or encapsulated.
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- List several factors that can alter the perception ofpain and the response to pain.arrow_forwardDescribe how receptor adaptation works.arrow_forwardIf there is an increase in stimulus strength on a pain receptor but more pain is not felt, which of the following would explain this? sodium channels are opened with the stimulus stimulus increase from submaximal to subthreshold pain receptor adapt to the large stimulus frequency of action potentials os unchangedarrow_forward
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