What is the key difference between tonic and phasic receptors? Why are pain receptors tonic?

Q: How is the duration of stimulus coded by the primary sensory neuron? (Human Physiology)

A: The nervous system is one of the vital systems of a body. It is a system of nerves which carry…

Q: The phenomenon of “blindsight” is the ability perform reflexive visual movements such as avoiding…

A: When the light reaches our eyes, it is first focused mainly on the retinal cells. These cells are…

Q: explain why it is useful to have pain receptors?

A: Receptors are proteins present on the cell surface or inside the cells. There are basically four…

Q: How do the spinothalamic tract and reticulospinal tract differ in their roles in the perception of…

A: The spinothalamic tract is the pathway of nerves that arise in the spine and end in the thalamus. It…

Q: In general, into what three groups can sensory receptorsbe classified? What does each provide…

A: The specialized nerve cells that are spread throughout the human body and are responsible for…

Q: What stimulus modalities are detected by free nerveendings?

A: The largest organ of the body, that is, the skin contains several types of receptors for the…

Q: How do unencapsulated receptors differ from encapsulatedreceptors?

A: Introduction: The nerve's dendritic part that gets stimulated with the induction of stimulus like…

Q: Given that receptive fields for touch do not exhibit uniform sensitivity across their whole extent,…

A: Different regions of the body have conscious areas of distinct sizes,  in two-point discrimination.…

Q: How does the sensory transduction mechanism in the vestibular and auditory systems demonstrate the…

A: The process of converting the sensory signal into an electrical signal is called sensory…

Q: How do neuropeptides help control pain?

A: Sense is a feeling our body feels when external stimuli hits our body and our body responses. The…

Q: Define the term sensory transduction?

A: Senses like touch, taste, vision, pain, temperature, etc all are felt when we receive some stimulus…

Q: How are pain impulses transmited and modulated within the central nervous system?

A: Pain: Pain is an unpleasant physical or emotional sensation that is usually associated with tissue…

Q: What are somatosensation and sensory transduction?

A: Introduction: The skin is densely packed with sensors that detect touch, pain, pressure, and…

Q: Discuss the Inhibition of Pain?

A: One of these process dysfunctions deals with something known as pain inhibition. that is as a result…

Q: How do A-beta fibers inhibit pain and cause pain?

A: A-beta nerve fibers are myelinated, are of intermediate size, and are the fastest sensory…

Q: Which somatic sensory receptors mediate touch sensations?

A: Introduction: The seven senses in humans like touch, movement, taste, sight, hearing, and balance…

Q: Compare and contrast somatosensation and pain pathways.

A: In our body, there are a great deal of receptors that initiate the overall activity of the body.…

Q: Based upon stimulus origin, would a cutaneous pain receptor beclassified as an exteroceptor, an…

A: A stimulus is a broad term used for many signal from inside and outside that provoke various…

Q: What is the difference of depolarization and hyperpolarization? Why do cold receptors depolarize…

A: both are the phases in the generation and conduction of an action potential.

Q: Describe receptor and generator potentials and sensory adaptation.

A: Neuron or nerve cells are cells that act as messengers, they are able to undergo  electrical…

Q: What sensory pathway (tract) transmits pain sensation to the brain? Does anesthesia eliminate the…

A: Sensory pathways refer to the neural pathways by which sensory information from the peripheral…

Q: If there is an increase in stimulus strength on a pain receptor but more pain is not felt, which of…

A: The resting potential tells about what happens when a neuron is at rest. An action potential occurs…

Q: adaptation of touch and temperature receptors

A: All the sights, sounds, odors, tastes, touch, and alternative stimuli that we have a tendency to…

Q: Describe the Cellular pathways of pain transmission?

A: The nervous system is a highly complex component of an animal that transmits signals to and from…

Q: You want to record membrane potential changes in axons of neurons that process different types…

A: Neurons carry impulses from the receptor to the brain and the brain to effector organs. Nerve tissue…

Q: What are receptors? Discuss how these receptors respond to stimuli.

A: Receptor are the special organs present in the sense organs of an individual organism which has the…

Q: Do cold receptors adapt quickly?

A: The human body is capable of sensing the stimulus in the environment and act according to it. The…

Q: What is adaptation of a sensory receptor? At what stage(s) does itoccur? What are its functions?

A: Introduction:- A receptor is a molecule, usually a protein, that receives signals and transmits them…

Q: What are the four membrane receptors for nociceptors?

A: Nociceptors have different limits and responses to particular stimuli, allowing them to adapt or…

Q: What are two differences between nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain?

A: Light, smell, flavor, feel, noise, balancing, in the case of sensory biology, or at places close to…