Which of the following cranial nerves relays information regarding hearing, motion and balance? Which of the following cranial nerves is classified as mixed nerve? Mechanoreceptors that respond to changes in blood pressure are called A receptor that contains many mechanically-gated ion channels would function best as a Which of these is not a property of thermoreceptors? Central adaptation can be defined as __________

1. Which of the following cranial nerves relays information regarding hearing, motion and balance?

vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)

2. Which of the following cranial nerves is classified as mixed nerve?

vagus nerve (X)

3. Mechanoreceptors that respond to changes in blood pressure are called

baroreceptors.

4. A receptor that contains many mechanically-gated ion channels would function best as a

tactile receptor.

5. Which of these is not a property of thermoreceptors?

They are slow-adapting.

6. Central adaptation can be defined as __________.

inhibition along a sensory pathway

7. Endorphins can reduce perception of sensations initiated by

nociceptors.

8. A sensory receptor characterized peripherally as a free nerve ending and centrally uses glutamate and/or substance P as neurotransmitters, would most likely be a

nociceptor

9. Chemoreceptors are located in all of the following, except

in the skin

10. The general senses

involve receptors that are relatively simple in structure.