Module 2 Lecture 5 SOmatosensory System

When touched, what happens at the mechanoreceptors?

Three ways a mechanoreceptor channel can be opened

On muscle spindles, force is extended to open channels through a network of _________ when stretch is applied to ______.

T/F: sensory neurons are unipolar.

Location of cell bodies of sensory neurons.

The two branches of axons of sensory neuron project to _________ and ___________.

Location of cell bodies of sensory receptors for face are in the ______

Match the name of mechanoreceptors to their respective fiber types.
1. muscle spindle
2. Golgi tendon organ
4. mechanoreceptors in skin
5. fast pain fibers
6. slow pain fibers

The propagation during nerve stimulation is in the sequence of:

Match the type of adaptation pattern to the name of mechanoreceptors.
RA1, SA1, RA2, SA2.

Pathway for mechanoception and pain/temperature are ________ and _______ respectively.

Match the cortical representation of each type of fibers.
3a:
3b:
1:
2:
5:

The 'where' pathway is the

The 'what' pathway is the

BAs is the _______ cortex. It is directly connected to _______ cortex and provides feedback during functional tasks.

T/F: visual feedback allows skillful retrieval.

The rubber hand illusion demonstrate that the sense of body arises in ________ from congruent ____ and _____ information.