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| include temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibration, and proprioception. receptors for theses senssations are distributed throughout the body. |
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| olfaction, gustation, equilibrium, hearing and vision |
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| receptors for the special senses are localized in specialized areas called |
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| sends specialized cell that when stimulated sends a "sensation" to the CNS. |
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| allows each receptor to respond to particular stimuli. |
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| area monitored by a single receptor cell |
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| always sending signals to the CNS. |
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| become active only when the conditions that they monitor change |
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| a reduction in sensitivity in the presence of a constant stimulus |
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| peripheral or sensory, adaptation |
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| inhibition along the sensory pathways |
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| fast adapting receptors are |
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| slow adapting receptors are |
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| ___ may involve changes in receptor sensitivity or inhibition along the sensory pathways. |
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| the info provided by our sensory receptors are incomplete because |
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1. we don't have receptors for every stimulus
2. our receptors have limited ranges of sensitivity
3. a stimulus produces a neural event that must be interpreted by the CNS |
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