Human Anatomy (8th Edition)
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Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Patricia Brady Wilhelm, Jon B. Mallatt
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 26CYU
Which sensory pathway carries discriminative touch sensations?
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Human Anatomy (8th Edition)
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- How does the size of various parts of the primary somatosensory cortex relate to touch sensitivity and to receptive field size?arrow_forwardWhich receptors fire at the onset and the offset of stimulation? Select all that apply. Select one or more: Tendon organ Thermoreceptors Type II cutaneous mechanoreceptor (Ruffini corpuscle) Type 1 cutaneous mechanoreceptor (Merkel disc) Lamellated (Pacinian) corpuscle Hair root plexus Corpuscle of touch (Meissner corpuscle)arrow_forwardWhat do sensory receptors respond?arrow_forward
- How does rubbing an injured area reduce pain to that area? A) It is a placebo effect B) Stimulation of somatosensory receptors C) Stimulation of nociceptors D) Rubbing the injured area doesn't reduce painarrow_forwardWhere are the receptors of the general somatic senses located in the body? Name some of these senses.arrow_forwardDrag the labels onto the diagram to identify the components of somatic sensory pathways. First synapse in medulla, ipsilateral to the stimulus First synapse in spinal cord, ipsilateral to the stimulus Fine touch, vibration, proprioception Crosses midline in spinal cord Second synapse in thalamus, contralateral to the stimulus Pain, temperature, coarse touch Third synapse in primary somatic sensory cortex, contralateral to the stimulus Crosses midline in medulla SOMATOSENSORY PATHWAYSarrow_forward
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