Sensory Receptors Unveiled

Pain receptors that are sensitive to harmful stimuli.

Receptors that are sensitive to specific kinds of chemicals, such as those involved in smell and taste.

Adaptation refers to becoming less sensitive to a maintained stimulus over time.

Slowly adapting receptors respond to sustained stimuli, while rapidly adapting receptors respond quickly to changes in stimuli.

Receptors that respond to mechanical changes, such as touch and pressure.

A-delta fibers (fast pain) and C fibers (slow pain).

It contains the cell bodies of sensory neurons and is crucial for transmitting sensory information to the central nervous system.

Receptors that are sensitive to light and are found in the retina.

The sense of the position and movement of one's own body parts.

Specialized neurons that detect various stimuli in the environment and produce receptor potentials.

They are generated by sensory receptors and allow the nervous system to understand environmental stimuli.

They travel through the spinal cord, reach the medulla, and then cross over to the opposite side before reaching the cerebral cortex.

Receptors that are sensitive to temperature changes.

The conversion of one kind of energy to another, specifically physical stimulation to a neural signal.

The specific area in which application of an adequate stimulus causes a receptor to respond.

It is responsible for the conscious perception of sensory information.