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1
Q

What receptor responds to internal stimuli, of the skeletal muscles, tendons/joints, ligaments, and connective tissue covering of bones and muscles?

A

Proprioceptors

2
Q

What receptor/s react to stimuli arising within the body?

A

Interoceptors/ Visceroceptors

3
Q

A proprioceptor that is found around skeletal muscle cells is called?

A

Muscle Spindle

4
Q

What receptor reacts to stimuli in the external environment?

A

Exteroceptors

5
Q

A proprioceptor that is found around tendons is called?

A

Golgi Tendon Organ

6
Q

A sensory experience in which pain is perceived as arising in one area of the body when another area is receiving pain stimulus is called?

A

Referred Pain

7
Q

Changes in the body or the external environment, “irritants” that cause sensory receptors to react are called?

A

Stimuli

8
Q

The test in which calipers are used to distinguish when one sharp object or two are perceived as distance between the ends of the calipers are changed is called?

A

The two-point discrimination test

9
Q

Inadequate oxygenation of the heart muscle resulting in pain being referred to the chest wall and left shoulder is called?

A

Angina Pectoralis

10
Q

Name one of the special senses.

A

Special senses: Vision/ hearing/ smell/ equilibrium/ taste (name one)

11
Q

Name one stimuli that general sense receptors react to.

A

General senses: Heat/ touch/ pain/ cold/ vibration/ stretch/ pressure/ changes in body position (name one)

12
Q

The Reflux of gastric juice into the esophagus causing a sensation of intense discomfort in the thorax is called?

A

Heartburn

13
Q

What sensory receptors change environmental stimuli into afferent nerve impulses?

A

Transducers

14
Q

The ability to determine which portion of skin has been touched is called?

A

Tactile Localization

15
Q

The applying of stimulus for longer and longer periods of time and loss of conscious awareness of that stimulus is called?

A

Adaptation

16
Q

The non-uniform and clustered locations of general sense receptors is called?

A

Punctuate Distribution

17
Q

The process by which the brain refers sensations to their usual point of stimulation is called?

A

Projection

18
Q

The smallest distance at which two points of contact can be felt is called?

A

Two-point Threshold.

19
Q

What are the specialized muscle cells that are found wrapped in sensory nerve ending of the muscle spindle proprioceptors called?

A

Intrafusal cells/fibers