You have stepped on a tack with your bare left foot. What type of receptors would detect the
information related to pain you experience? - correct answer ✔✔Free nerve endings
You are snow-blowing your land lady's driveway in exchange for a rent reduction. The ________ are the
cutaneous sensory receptors that are most strongly stimulated by the vibration. - correct answer
✔✔Pacinian corpuscles
The cutaneous sensory receptors that would be used for reading *Braille would have _____ receptive
fields, and ascend to the brain via the ________. - correct answer ✔✔small, dorsal columns
Information detected by fine touch receptors in the right hand travel via the ___________ to the
______________. - correct answer ✔✔- dorsal columns
- somatosensory cortex
You are walking in your apartment and you accidentally step on a pin with your right foot. Choose the
option that best describes the pathway taken by the sensory information that will be ultimately
interpreted as pain.
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