Deck 27: General Senses

Question 1

Which receptors adapt most slowly?

A) touch receptors
B) pressure receptors
C) nociceptors
D) smell receptors

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What type of receptors monitor changes in the concentrations of various chemicals in body fluids?

A) mechanoreceptors
B) thermoreceptors
C) nociceptors
D) chemoreceptors

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Pain is selectively detected by ________.

A) mechanoreceptors
B) thermoreceptors
C) nociceptors
D) proprioceptors

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following are unencapsulated tactile receptors that are in direct contact with the epidermis and respond to sensory neurons at swollen synapses called tactile discs?

A) tactile corpuscles
B) root hair plexuses
C) Merkel cells
D) Meissner's corpuscles

Question 5

Which type of receptors respond to pressure changes in liquids and gases?

A) baroreceptors
B) Golgi tendon organ
C) muscle spindles
D) proprioceptors

Question 6

Where does one feel pain during a liver or gallbladder attack?

A) superior right shoulder
B) superior left shoulder
C) thoracic cavity
D) abdomen

Question 7

Where does one feel pain during a heart attack?

A) right arm
B) thoracic cavity
C) left arm
D) abdomen

Question 8

Which type of receptors respond to deep pressure and vibrations?

A) Merkel cells
B) Pacinian
C) Meissner's corpuscles
D) Ruffini corpuscles

Question 9

A sensory neuron monitors a specific region called a ________.

A) merkel cell
B) ruffini corpuscles
C) receptive field
D) lamellated corpuscles

Question 10

What does the two-point discrimination test measure?

A) the distribution of nociceptors
B) the distribution of chemoreceptors on the skin
C) the distribution of touch receptors on the skin
D) the distribution of thermoreceptors on the skin

Question 11

All of the following are a special sense EXCEPT ________.

A) taste
B) smell
C) touch
D) hearing