Biology
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ISBN: 9781260494570
Author: Raven, Peter
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 43, Problem 4U
In the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty fell asleep after pricking her finger. What kind of receptor responds to that kind of painful stimulus?
a. Mechanoreceptor
b. Nociceptor
c. Thermoreceptor
d. Touch receptor
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Ch. 43.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 43.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 43.1 - Describe how gated ion channels work.Ch. 43.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 43.2 - Describe the function of these receptors.Ch. 43.2 - Describe the relationship between thermoreceptors...Ch. 43.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 43.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 43.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 43.4 - Prob. 2LO
Ch. 43.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 43.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 43.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 43.6 - Prob. 1LOCh. 43.6 - Prob. 2LOCh. 43.6 - Prob. 3LOCh. 43.7 - Prob. 1LOCh. 43 - Prob. 1DACh. 43 - Prob. 1IQCh. 43 - Prob. 2IQCh. 43 - Prob. 3IQCh. 43 - Which of these is NOT a method by which sensory...Ch. 43 - Which of the following correctly lists the steps...Ch. 43 - All sensory receptors are able to initiate nerve...Ch. 43 - In the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty fell asleep...Ch. 43 - The ear detects sound by the movement of a. the...Ch. 43 - Hair cells in the vestibular apparatus of...Ch. 43 - ________ is the photopigment contained within both...Ch. 43 - Which of the following is NOT a method used by...Ch. 43 - Prob. 9UCh. 43 - Prob. 10UCh. 43 - What do the sensory systems of annelids, mollusks,...Ch. 43 - Animals can more easily tell the direction of a...Ch. 43 - Some birds have broader color perception than...Ch. 43 - The ability of some insects, birds, and lizards to...Ch. 43 - Prob. 1SCh. 43 - The function of the vertebrate eye is unusual...Ch. 43 - How would the otolith organs of an astronaut...Ch. 43 - Prob. 4S
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