General Senses
What structure in the skin contains free nerve endings that detect pain and temperature?
What is the dermis?
Which special sense is primarily associated with the eyes?
What is vision?
What is the primary sensory pathway for smell called?
What is the olfactory pathway?
What type of sensory receptors detect touch, pressure, and temperature?
What are mechanoreceptors and thermoreceptors?
What is the term for the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information?
What is perception?
Which type of receptors are responsible for sensing changes in blood pressure?
What are baroreceptors?
What is the name of the structure in the inner ear that helps maintain balance?
What is the vestibular system?
Which part of the brain processes visual information?
What is the occipital lobe?
Name the sense responsible for detecting pain.
What is nociception?
What is the phenomenon called when two stimuli are perceived as one?
What is sensory integration?
Which mechanoreceptors are primarily responsible for sensing deep pressure and vibration in the skin?
What are Pacinian (or Lamellar) corpuscles?
What structure in the eye is responsible for adjusting the focus of light onto the retina?
What is the lens?
Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for transmitting visual information from the retina to the brain?
What is the optic nerve (Cranial Nerve II)?
What is the specific name for the sensory receptors involved in detecting light in the retina?
What are rods and cones?
What phenomenon occurs when the brain interprets a sensation as being more intense than it actually is?
What is sensory augmentation?
What type of receptors are responsible for detecting changes in the concentration of chemicals, such as carbon dioxide and oxygen, in the blood?
What are chemoreceptors?
Which structure in the inner ear contains the sensory cells for hearing and is responsible for converting sound waves into neural signals?
What is the cochlea?
What is the role of the thalamus in sensory processing?
What is acting as a relay station for sensory information before it reaches the cerebral cortex?
Name the receptors responsible for detecting sound waves.
What are hair cells (mechanoreceptors in the cochlea)?
What term describes the ability to differentiate between different stimuli, such as two distinct touch points on the skin?
What is spatial resolution?
What is the term for the sensory perception of body position and movement in space?
What is proprioception?
What is the function of the olfactory bulb in the sensory system?
What is the processing of smell information before transmitting it to higher brain regions?
What type of fibers carry pain signals to the central nervous system?
What are A-delta and C fibers?
What is the process called when sensory receptors become less sensitive to constant stimuli?
What is sensory adaptation?
What is the term for the mental process of combining multiple sensory inputs into a coherent experience?
What is sensory integration?