Structure & Function of the Body Ed
16 Patton Ch 10 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
sensory receptors -
correct answer ✅microscopic receptors located at the tips of
dendrites of sensory neurons
general senses -
correct answer ✅those detected by simple microscopic receptors
that are widely distributed throughout the body in the skin,
muscles, tendons, joints, and other internal organs of the body;
pain, temp, tough, pressure, and body position
special senses -
correct answer ✅those detected by receptors that are grouped in
specific areas and associated with complex structures that facilitate
these senses; smell, taste, vision, hearing and equilibrium
photoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to change in intensity or color of light,
as in vision
chemoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to presence of certain chemicals, as in
taste or smell
, Structure & Function of the Body Ed
16 Patton Ch 10 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
pain receptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to physical injury
thermoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to changes in temperature
mechanoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to mechanical stimuli that change their
position or shape
naked nerve ending -
correct answer ✅skin and mucosa (epithelial layers) - pain,
discriminative touch, tickle, temperature
bulboid corpuscle (Krause corpuscle) -
correct answer ✅dermal layer of skin, subcutaneous tissue,
mucosa of lip and eyelids, external genitals - touch and possibly
cold
16 Patton Ch 10 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
sensory receptors -
correct answer ✅microscopic receptors located at the tips of
dendrites of sensory neurons
general senses -
correct answer ✅those detected by simple microscopic receptors
that are widely distributed throughout the body in the skin,
muscles, tendons, joints, and other internal organs of the body;
pain, temp, tough, pressure, and body position
special senses -
correct answer ✅those detected by receptors that are grouped in
specific areas and associated with complex structures that facilitate
these senses; smell, taste, vision, hearing and equilibrium
photoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to change in intensity or color of light,
as in vision
chemoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to presence of certain chemicals, as in
taste or smell
, Structure & Function of the Body Ed
16 Patton Ch 10 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
pain receptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to physical injury
thermoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to changes in temperature
mechanoreceptors -
correct answer ✅sensitive to mechanical stimuli that change their
position or shape
naked nerve ending -
correct answer ✅skin and mucosa (epithelial layers) - pain,
discriminative touch, tickle, temperature
bulboid corpuscle (Krause corpuscle) -
correct answer ✅dermal layer of skin, subcutaneous tissue,
mucosa of lip and eyelids, external genitals - touch and possibly
cold
