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USCSOM: Somatosensation and Pain

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What type of receptors receive all non-painful mechanical stimuli?   mechanoreceptors  
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What type of receptors receive hot and cold sensation?   thermoreceptors  
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What type of receptors receive vision?   electromagnetic/photo receptors  
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What type of receptors receive tast, smell, osmolality?   chemoreceptors  
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What are the two superficial tactile sensory receptors?   tactile corpuscle (Meissner)  
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What are the two deep tactile sensory receptors?   lamellar corpuscle  
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Hair receptors function, threshold, adaptibility.   light touch, low, rapid  
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Free nerve endings function, threshold, adaptability   pain/temp, high, slow  
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Tactile disks (Merkel) function, threshold, adaptation   touch and static pressure, low, slow  
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Tactile corpuscles (Meissner) function, threshold, adaptation   touch and dynamic pressure, low, rapid  
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Lamellar corpuscles (Pacini) function, threshold, adaptation   deep pressure, muscles and joints, low, rapid  
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What sensory neurons have the highest velocity?   A-alpha  
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Order sensory neurons from fastest to slowest.   A-alpha, A-beta, A-delta, C  
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Proprioception is relayed to what class of sensory neuron?   A-alpha  
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Non-painful touch is relayed to what class of sensory neuron?   A-beta  
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Pain and temperature is relayed to what class of sensory neurons?   A-delta and C  
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