What are receptors? Discuss how these receptors respond to stimuli.

Q: What happens when sensory detect extension of the walls due to bulky food?

A: When the sensory cells detect the extension of the walls due to bulky food the muscles relax and…

Q: How do sensory receptors collect information?

A: Sensory receptors are specialized epidermal cells that respond to environmental stimuli and consist…

Q: What act as a sensory receptor for the sense of smell ?

A: Chemoreceptors.

Q: explain why it is useful to have pain receptors?

A: Receptors are proteins present on the cell surface or inside the cells. There are basically four…

Q: What is the receptive field?

A: The neuron is formed of dendrites and axon. The dendrites are projection-like structures that…

Q: Name the five types of receptors and state the function ofeach.

A: A receptor is senstive to only a specific type of stimulus or change: On basis of the type of…

Q: How does the nervous system distinguish between stimuli of different types?

A: The change in the environment that can be detected by a receptor is called stimulus. Receptor…

Q: What are the chemical senses? Explain in steps the process of tasting  and the process of smelling

A: The chemical sensory systems are mostly associated with the nose and mouth. The senses work…

Q: Compare and contrast the functions of proprioceptors,cutaneous receptors, and pain receptors.

A: Cutaneous receptors are present in the dermis of the skin. They are seen in the superficial skin,…

Q: List the four kinds of information obtained from sensory receptors, and describe how the nervous…

A: Sensory receptors are spread throughout the body. It includes both interoceptors as well as…

Q: list and describe the five major types of sensory receptors, and give an example of each?

A: The body experiences external stimuli(sensation) through various sensory receptors located on the…

Q: What are the names of the specific receptors used for taste, vision, hearing, smell, and touch?

A: Our senses are used to gauge our environment for various elements. This is done through the acts of…

Q: Identify five kinds of sensory receptors based on the type of energy they transduce. What is the…

A: Receptors act as a sensory organs or cells and receive stimuli from the sensory nerves. They pass…

Q: Explain the difference between slow adapting and fast adapting receptors for touch. Give an example…

A: We know that receptors are chemically protein or glycoprotein that binds to signaling molecules…

Q: Enumerate, describe and give the functions of all mechano receptors found in the skin. Identify if…

A: Our perceptions of signals within our bodies and of the world around us are mediated by a complex…

Q: What is sensory adaptation?

A: Adaptation is defined as the physical or behavioural feature of an organism that will help them to…

Q: Describe six sensory receptors that inform the CNS about the condition of the body.

A: Sensory receptors are specialized cells that are present all over the skin and also in the viscera.…

Q: What is the purpose of a sensory receptor?

A: Sensory Receptors are special types of cells, that detect changes in the environment. There are…

Q: Auditory neural signals are sent when HAIR CELLS in our inner ears open ion channels along their…

A: The fluid that surrounds the hair cells, known as endolymph, is high in potassium. When the hair…

Q: Which cells are capable of perceiving the stimuli?

A: Stimulus - It is a noticeable change in the environment of an organism either externally or…

Q: adaptation of touch and temperature receptors

A: All the sights, sounds, odors, tastes, touch, and alternative stimuli that we have a tendency to…

Q: How big are neurons and how quickly do they communicate?

A: Neurons are the functional unit and specialized cells of the brain. It transfers the information to…

Q: How a receptor listen to a signal ?

A: The receptor referred to as a protein structure present on the cell surface or in the cytosol, which…

Q: Describe the three types of touch and pressure receptors.

A: The skin has various kinds of nerve endings that help in the transmission of different kinds of…

Q: What part of the nerve cell brings signals toward the cell body?

A: A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body is…

Q: Classify receptors by their response to stimuli

A: The receptors are the chemical structures that are composed of proteins. It has the capability of…

Q: In an essay describe in details collection of stimuli at the sense organ and describe in detail…

A: Our body works and coordinates with different organ systems that is present within the body via…

Q: How a receptor relays message to the interior of a cell ?

A: The type of protein that binds to a specific molecule (a ligand),  is referred to as a receptor.…

Q: Describe the roles of the central and peripheral nervous systems in processing sensory stimuli?

A: the nervous system allows us to see, organize and react to the environment the neuron is the basic…

Q: How is the information about which receptors have been activated transmitted to the brain?

A: The sensory receptors are present on the sensory organ, such a skin (touch receptors), taste buds…

Q: How are different touch receptors distributed over the body?

A: We realise that we have uneven distribution of touch receptors in the skin; some locations have many…

Q: List the different types of receptors  and the type of stimulus to which they respond.

A: Sensory neurons are afferent neurons that convert a specific type of stimulus received by their…

Q: What is adaptation of a sensory receptor? At what stage(s) does itoccur? What are its functions?

A: Introduction:- A receptor is a molecule, usually a protein, that receives signals and transmits them…

Q: What is response to external stimuli called?

A: The stimulus is any change in the internal and external environment of the organism. It causes the…

Q: What do sensory receptors respond?

A: The nervous system is a complicated biological part made up of a network of many nerves. Signal…

Q: What form of energy do all receptors have as their output?

A: Sensory organs are the specialized bodily structures that have receptors which are sensitive to and…

Q: Classify sensory receptors according to body location, stimulus detected, and structure.

A: Sensory receptors are defined as the dendrites of sensory neurons that are specialized for receiving…

Q: According to the stimulithey collect how are thesensory receptors classified?

A: A stimulus is defined as any detectable change in the physical or chemical structure of the internal…

Q: What are the differences between slowly adapting and rapidly adapting receptors

A: Rapidly adapting or phasic, receptors respond to stimuli maximally but briefly; if the stimulus is…

Q: Explain the roles of the sensory nerves in how do humans experience pain and tickling sensation?

A: Sensation is the ability of our body to feel things especially physical touch. It is the result of…

Q: Where do primary sensory neurons synapse with the secondary sensory neurons

A: There is only one synapse between the organ and a CNS neuron in the sensory and motor neurons of the…

Q: Fill in the blank:  Receptors that are sensitive to temperature changes are called…

A: Receptors are classified generally on the basis of kinds of stimulus, functions and locations.

Q: In general, how do sensory systems function?

A: The nervous system is one of the major organ systems of the body that help in different functions.…

Q: How do mammals detect different tastes?

A: Mammals belong to Class Mammalia of the Phylum Vertebrae. They are characterized  by the presence of…

Q: Describe the general range in structural complexity of sensory receptors, and identify what is…

A: Environmental stimuli are responded by the Specialized epidermal cells is called the sensory…

Q: Where are inactive receptors located?

A: In order to stay functional, the body goes through various procedures. These processes can occur at…

Anatomy and Physiology of Special Sensory Organs

Sensory organs can be labeled as special sensory structures that permit sight, hearing, odor, and flavor. Sensory structures permitting proprioception, touch, thermal, and pain perception can be classified as more advanced sensory organs. The sensory neurons are trained to find out modifications in the external and internal conditions so that a person's body can react to that change. A stimulus is the first signal that is recognized by any sensory receptor of the body. Stimulus is an impulse generated when there is a change in the surroundings of a person. For example, a heated environment will alert the brain through the thermal sensory organs and generate a reflex accordingly.

Sensory Receptors

The human sensory system is one of the most complex and highly evolved structures, which processes a myriad of incoming messages. This well-coordinated system helps an organism or individual to respond to external stimuli, appropriately. The sensory receptors are an important part of the sensory system. These receptors are specialized epidermal cells that respond to external environmental stimuli. These receptors consist of structural and support cells that form the peripheral unit of the receptor and the neural dendrites which receive and detect the external stimuli.