Receptors that in general produce an action potential in response to a receptor potential are
A. phasic receptors.
B. primary receptors.
C. secondary receptors.
D. tonic receptors.
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Question 2) Rapidly adapting proprioceptors that provide information on the location of a moving hand are known as
A. phasic receptors.
B. primary receptors.
C. secondary receptors.
D. tonic receptors.
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Question 3) Slowly adapting proprioceptors that would let you know the position of your thumb without looking at it are known as
A. phasic receptors.
B. primary receptors.
C. secondary receptors.
D. tonic receptors.
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Question 4) Superficial pain is highly localized, but visceral pain is diffuse because
A. the viscera has fewer pain receptors.
B. the skin has more sensitive pain receptors.
C. the viscera has fewer mechanoreceptors which give location information.
D. visceral pain has less emotional involvement.
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Question 5) Pacinian corpuscles respond to
A. an increase in tendon tension.
B. deep cutaneous pressure and vibration.
C. stretch and tension.
D. temperature and pain.
E. light touch.
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Question 6) The ability to localize the position of body parts is called
A. two-point discrimination.
B. proprioception.
C. fine touch.
D. light touch.
E. perception.
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Question 7) Decreased sensitivity to a continued stimulus is called
A. adaptation.
B. projection.
C. translation.
D. conduction.
E. phantom pain.
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Question 8) All of the following nerve endings are found in the skin EXCEPT
A. Pacinian corpuscles.
B. proprioceptors.
C. Ruffini end organs.
D. Merkel disks.
E. Meissner corpuscles.
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Question 9) The _________ _________ are distributed throughout the dermal papillae and are involved in _____________ ___________ touch.
A. Merkel disks; very deep
B. Pacinian corpuscles; very light
C. Muscle spindles; fine proprioceptive
D. Golgi tendon organs; limited awareness
E. Meissner corpuscles; two-point discrimination
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Question 10) Receptors responsible for the control of muscle contractions are
A. muscle spindles.
B. Pacinian corpuscles.
C. Ruffini end organs.
D. Golgi tendon organs.
E. Meissner corpuscles.
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