Which sensory distinction is not encoded by a difference inneuron identity?(A) white and red(B) red and green(C) loud and faint(D) salty and sweet

Q: How do sensory receptors collect information?

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

Q: What additional sensory information would you expect a person with impairment of organs of…

A: Proprioception refers to the ability of a person to recognize the body parts, location of head and…

Q: What type of sensory information is carried in the spinocerebellar tracts, and what is its function?

A: The spinocerebellar tracts are the type of afferent neurons that pass on proprioceptive data from…

Q: What are Ascending Neural Pathways in Sensory Systems?

A: The nervous system is the physiological system that is involved in the coordination of the body and…

Q: Describe the projection pathways for these two senses ?

A: Pathway of taste-The signal from the tounge is picked up by taste receptors and gets transfer  to…

Q: Describe what information the somatic sensations provide.

A: Somatic sensations are basically the sensations of pressure, touch, temperature, and pain. The…

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: Explain the significance of sensory transduction and sensory adaptation.

A: The brain is the central processing controlling unit of the body. Nervous coordination and signaling…

Q: How does the sensory transduction mechanism in the vestibular and auditory systems demonstrate the…

A: The process of converting the sensory signal into an electrical signal is called sensory…

Q: Give Effect of head position on otolith organ of the utricle?

A: The displacements and the accelerations of the head ( tilting and other transitional movements) are…

Q: What is the role of Specific Sensory Systems?

A: In this type of Voluntary action (Sitting and running), the stimulus is carried out directly to the…

Q: A breast-feeding woman leaves her baby at home and goes shopping. There, she hears another woman’s…

A: In this question a breastfeeding mother has milk ejection reflex when she heard sound of the baby…

Q: Describe the Specific Sensory Systems?

A: Senses are of two types. The general senses include somatic and visceral sensations.

Q: You are firing your laser cannon from your position on the bridge of your starship. You see the…

A: Sense organs are those which contains sensory neurons. These organs perceive the stimulus and…

Q: What is a sensory modality?

A: The cutaneous sensory systems have many aspects by which the whole sensory information is carried…

Q: How can the bending of stereocilia produce all the variations in pitch and loudness you hear in the…

A: Human ear, organ of hearing and equilibrium that distinguishes and investigates sound by…

Q: What is sensory adaptation?

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

Q: What would happen to your sense of smell if there were damage to basal cells or no basal cells…

A: Answer. The olfactory system is one of the oldest systems that help in the detection of food. It…

Q: Match the receptors in column A with the stimulus it perceives in column B and the type of receptor…

A: Various kinds of receptors are found in human body. Receptors are classified in accordance with mode…

Q: Visual stimuli in the upper-left visual field will be processed in what region of the primary visual…

A: Visual information from the retina is relayed through the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus…

Q: What type of sensory information is carried in the spinocerebellar tracts?

A: The anterior spinocerebellar tract carry information about crude sensations of touch and pressure.

Q: Which somatic sensory receptors are encapsulated?

A: The modified endings of the nerve cells or neurons present within the joints, skeletal muscles and…

Q: What sensory pathway (tract) transmits pain sensation to the brain? Does anesthesia eliminate the…

A: Sensory pathways refer to the neural pathways by which sensory information from the peripheral…

Q: How does the Vestibular nerve operate?

A: The vestibular nerve is considered as the auditory nerve, which is the eighth of the 12 cranial…

Q: The mechanoreceptor cells used in hearing (and balance) are called (?????).

A: Sensory receptors that respond to mechanical deformation of the receptor or surrounding tissue are…

Q: How might being in a place with less gravity than Earth has (such as Earth’s moon) affect vestibular…

A: The vestibular sense contributes to our ability to maintain balance and body posture. The major…

Q: As a person ages, their ability to focus on near objects(accommodation) changes. If a person is…

A: Myopia Myopia is also known as nearsightedness. This is an eye condition where a person has a poor…

Q: What is sensory discrimination? What is a justnoticeable difference (j.n.d.)?

A: The stimulus enables a customer to react to a certain marketing stimulus. Change is one of the…

Q: could we name the sensory receptors “middle m

A: Sensing of the stimulus is essential for the generation of response by the nervous system. It is…

Q: What happens when individuals lack the stretch-gated channels involved in proprioception, like those…

A: Individuals with PIEZO2 mutation, develops a  slowly progressive disorder, which is mainly due to…

Q: Diagram a hypothetical reflex arc to explain the pupillary reflex observed when a penlight is shined…

A: Photopupillary reflex can be defined as a reflex that controls the diameter of the pupil, in…

Q: What do you mean by gustatoreceptors? Where are they present?

A: Sensory receptors occur in specialized organs such as the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, as well as…

Q: fibers project from the optic chiasm to the midbrain?

A: The optic chiasm is an X-shaped structure formed by the crossing of the optic nerves in the brain.…

Q: Pain Undergoes little, if any, sensory adaptation. Why do you think this is so important?

A: Pain is an overall term that depicts awkward sensations in the body. It comes from the actuation of…

Q: Complete the blank:  Sensory impulses travel from the organs of equilibrium to the brain on the…

A: The sensory refers to the process and structures in an organism that receives stimulus from the…

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: Would you have expected to have found more tactile corpuscies and Merkel discs on the palrm or on…

A: Mechanoreceptors are receptors that detect and relay somatosensory information.  There are four…

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 does processing of sensory information sent to the vertebratebrain in vision differ from that in…

A: Introduction: The seven senses in humans like touch, movement, taste, sight, hearing, and balance…

Q: Many people believe that blind people have supernatural hearing. How would brain plasticity explain…

A: Sensory deprivation is connected with substantial crossmodal neuroplastic alterations in the brain,…

Q: What happens to the sensory abilities during late adulthood?

A: Different kind of sensory organs are present in human and each sensory organs have a specific…

Q: Regarding auditory physiology, what is the mechanism that generates an action potential and release…

A: Neurotransmitters are the chemical substances which transmit information from one neuron to another…

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.