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Question 1 1 / 1 pts Which of the following terms describes the perception of the position and movement of our limbs in space?   Thermoception    Neural plasticity    Nociception    Homunculus    Kinesthesis     Question 2 1 / 1 pts The figure below demonstrates the locations of four types of      skin layers

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Question 1

1 / 1 pts

Which of the following terms describes the perception of the position and movement of our limbs in space?

 

Thermoception

  

Neural plasticity

  

Nociception

  

Homunculus

  

Kinesthesis

 

 

Question 2

1 / 1 pts

The figure below demonstrates the locations of four types of
 

  

skin layers.

  

mechanoreceptors.

  

muscle spindles.
  

neurotransmitters.

 

neuronal axons.

 

 

Question 3

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Mechanoreceptors that have a slow adaptation rate and large receptive field size are called

 

Meissner corpuscles.

  

None of the other answers has a slow adaptation rate and large receptive field size.
 

  

Merkel cell neurite complexes.

  

Ruffini endings.

  

Pacinian corpuscles.

 

 

Question 4

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_______ fibers respond best to steady downward pressure, fine spatial details, and very low frequency vibrations of 5 Hz or less, and they terminate in Merkel cell neurite complexes.

  

SA I

  

None of the other answers are correct

  

FA II

  

SA II

  

FA I

 

 

Question 5

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_______ fibers respond best to high-frequency vibrations from about 50 to 700 Hz, which occur when an object first makes contact with the skin or when two objects contact each other, and they terminate in Pacinian corpuscles.

  

FA II

   

FA I

   

None of the other answers are correct

   

SA I

   

SA II

 

 

Question 6

1 / 1 pts

The A-delta and C fibers are types of

 

photoreceptors.

  

mechanoreceptors.

  

proprioceptors.

  

nociceptors.

  

thermoreceptors.

 

 

Question 7

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As shown in the figure below, from the thalamus, much of the touch information is carried up to the cortex into
 

  

somatosensory area 1.

  

the homunculus.

  

the spinal cord.

  

the central sulcus.
 

  

somatosensory area 2.

 

 

Question 8

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_______ means mapped in correspondence to the skin.
 

Kinesthetic

  

Somatosensory

  

Proprioceptive

  

Topographic

  

Somatotopic

 

 

Question 9

1 / 1 pts

The figure below illustrates the concept of
 

  

gate control theory.

  

pain transmission.

  

None of the other answers are correct

  

analgesia.

  

pain reduction.

 

 

Question 10

1 / 1 pts

Which of the following is the correct ordering of body parts, from the largest two-point threshold to the smallest?

 

forehead; lips; back

   

back; lips; forehead

   

forehead; back; lips

   

back; forehead; lips

 

lips; back; forehead