A & P Senses
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- Exteroceptors
- Sense Stimuli External to the body. Vision and Hearing are examples.
- Interoceptors
- Detects stimuli in the internal organs.
- Chemoreceptors
- Detects chemicals including odor and taste and body fluid composition.
- Thermoreceptors
- Detects hot/cold in the skin and other places.
- Nociceptors
- Detects pain via bare nerve endings
- Mechanoreceptors
- Responds to physical deformation caused by vibration, touch and pressure
- Proprioceptors
- Senses the position and movements of the body or its parts.
- Photoreceptors
- Senses light
- What receptors are included by modality?
- chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors, nociceptors,mechanoreceptors and photoreceptors.
- What receptors are classified by origins of stimuli?
- Exterceptors, interceptors and proprioceptors
- What three categories would hearing be in?
- Mechanoreceptors, Exteroreceptors and Special Senses.
- What three categories would touch receptors in the skin be in?
- Mechanoreceptors, Exteroreceptors and General Somesthetic.
- What do General Somesthetic Senses include?
- Has receptors that are widely distributed throughout the body including: skin, muscles, tendons, joint capsules and viscera.