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Fast-adapting tactile receptors that mediate most of our ability to perceive form are called

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Pacinian corpuscles.

Merkel’s discs.

Ruffini’s endings.

Meissner’s corpuscles.

none

Lips swell when we eat too much spicy food because _______ causes mast cells to release histamine.

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capsaicin

substance P

norepinephrine

serotonin

none

According to the concept of _______, particular nerve cells in the brain recognize sensory information that is specific to only particular types of information.

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adequate stimuli

sensory transduction

labeled lines

range fractionation

none

Which of the following spinal levels is closest to the brain?

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Thoracic

Lumbar

Sacral

Coccygeal

none

Stimulation of the _______ produces analgesia in both rats and humans.

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ventral regions of the spinal cord

deep cerebellar nuclei

lateral geniculate of the thalamus

periaqueductal gray of the brainstem

none

If a person is given an analgesic, such as acetaminophen, she is less likely to

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pain from a headache.

feel rejected from not being invited to a movie.

All of the mentioned

be distressed.

none

Stimulation of a Pacinian corpuscle causes the opening of _______ gated _______ channels.

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mechanically; calcium

mechanically; sodium

ligand-; chloride

voltage-; potassium

none

If monkeys are trained to maintain finger contact with a moving object to obtain a reward showed, which of the following changes would be expected in the cortical representations of the fingers?

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Cortical areas associated with the untrained fingers would become enlarged.

Cortical areas related to the trained finger would become more intensely concentrated in narrower zones.

Cortical areas associated with the trained finger would expand.

Cortical areas associated with the trained finger would become evident in the visual cortex.

none

In contrast to cortical somatosensory area S1, sensory area S2 maps receive information from

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the legs only.

the same side of the body only.

the opposite side of the body only.

both sides of the body.

none

As you sit and answer this question, you are receiving less and less information about the feeling of the seat on which you are sitting. This is due to the process underlying your sensory receptors response to the stimuli called

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adaptation.

sensory reduction.

phasic response.

tonic response.

none

Studies have revealed that the _______ is especially active in tests that require spatial attention, and this region is believed to play a significant role in an “executive” attention system.

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orbitofrontal cortex

pituitary

cingulate cortex

hippocampus

none

Each sensory receptor organ is affected by particular environmental events for which that organ is particularly adapted. These events are called

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adequate stimuli.

energy.

inadequate stimuli.

pain.

none

A dermatome is

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the receptive field of a single somatosensory neuron.

an area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve.

an irregular area of skin.

an area of the skin that is especially sensitive to light touch.

none

A local change in the resting potential of a receptor cell that mediates the impact of stimuli and the initiation of nerve impulses is called

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sensory reduction.

sensory transduction.

generator potential.

hyperpolarization.

none

Which layer of skin contains a rich web of nerve fibers in a network of connective tissue and blood vessels?

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Hypodermis

Epidermis

Dermis

None of the mentioned