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Pathophysiology HSC203 Exam Questions And Answers
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Pathophysiology HSC203 Exam Questions And Answers 
sensory receptors/sense organs 
Classified into two categories: general senses and special senses. special senses include eye and ear 
 
 
What does special senses include?? 
Eye and Ear 
 
 
Sensory receptors can be classified by? 
location 
 
 
Extroreceptors 
near body surface, and sometimes referred to as cutaneous receptors 
 
 
Examples of extroreceptors 
touch, pressure, temperature, and pain 
 
 
Visceroceptors 
receptors that are locate...
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NASM CPT FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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Proprioception - correct answer The body's ability to to sense the relative position of adjacent parts of the body 
 
Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surface we are on. 
 
Mechanoreceptors - correct answer specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to sensory nerves. 
 
Muscle Spindles - correct answer sensory receptors in the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers and are sensitive to change in muscle length. Spindle...
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• Initial signal to "drive" cardiovascular system comes from higher brain 
centers 
due to centrally generated motor signaling, fine tuned by feedback from 
- heart mechanoreceptors 
- muscle chemo receptors 
- muscle mechanoreceptors 
-Baroreceptors 
• Muscle mechanoreceptors 
sensitive to muscle metabolites (K+, lactic acid) 
-Exercise pressor reflex 
• Muscle mechanoreceptors 
sensitive to force & speed of motor movement 
• Baroreceptors 
detect changes in blood pressure 
• sudden...
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BIOD 151 MODULE 7 EXAM INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024 LATEST GUIDE.
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BIOD 151 MODULE 7 EXAM 
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1. layers of skin: 
1. Epidermis 
2. Dermis 
3. Hypodermis (subcutaneous layer) 
2. function of skin: 
1. absorb UV light for vitamin D production 
2. sensory receptors and glands 
3. protection from temp. changes 
4. protect from miroorganisms 
3. sensory organs: 
1. merkel cells 
2. missener's corpuscles 
3. nociceptors 
4. thermoreceptors 
5. pacinian corpuscles 
4. merkel cells: mec...
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NASM GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTOR EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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Which of the following is an example of one-way communication? - correct answer The instructor says, "Good morning everyone! Welcome to HIIT! I hope you're all ready for some serious hard work!" 
 
Which of the following are sensory receptors responsible for sensing position in body tissues and are located in muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joint capsules of the human body? - correct answer Mechanoreceptors 
 
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SLHS 4301 Final Questions and Answers | New One | Grade A+
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Mechanoreceptors 
Ans: Respond to touch pressure, vibration and proprioception 
Thermoreceptors 
Ans: respond to changes in temperature 
Nocireceptors 
Ans: pain receptors 
What do free nerve endings respond to? Are they slow or fast? Are they encapsulated? 
Ans: Very light touch and itching 
Slow adapting 
Not encapsulated 
What do merkel's disks respond to? Are they slow or fast? Are they encapsulated? 
Ans: Pressure and skin indentation 
Slow adapting 
Not encapsulated 
What do Meissner's c...
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CDS 836 Exam 1: Fast Facts with Questions Solved 100% Correct
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__________ are receptors that receive sensory input from the body's musculoskeletal 
system - Answer proprioceptors 
Proprioceptors provide the body with information regarding: (3) - Answer 1. presence 
2. position 
3. movement 
5 examples of proprioceptors and their functions: - Answer 1. Muscle spindles: stretch 
2. Golgi tendon organs: tension 
3. Pacinian corpuscles: pressure 
4. Periodontal mechanoreceptors 
5. Free nerve endings: pain
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AFAA Group Fitness Instructor Test questions with correct answers
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Interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems to create movement Answer Kinetic chain 
 
brain and spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts Answer Central nervous system 
 
all nerves branching off spinal cord, extending out to the body Answer Peripheral nervous system 
 
sense distortion in body tissues Answer mechanoreceptors 
 
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in tension Answer Golgi tendon organs 
 
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in length Answer muscle spindles 
 
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Interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems to create movement - Kinetic chain 
 
brain and spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts - Central nervous system 
 
all nerves branching off spinal cord, extending out to the body - Peripheral nervous system 
 
sense distortion in body tissues - mechanoreceptors 
 
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in tension - Golgi tendon organs 
 
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in length - muscle spindles 
 
cumulative sensory input to th...
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Pathophysiology HSC203 Exam Questions And Answers
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Pathophysiology HSC203 Exam Questions And Answers 
sensory receptors/sense organs 
Classified into two categories: general senses and special senses. special senses include eye and ear 
 
 
What does special senses include?? 
Eye and Ear 
 
 
Sensory receptors can be classified by? 
location 
 
 
Extroreceptors 
near body surface, and sometimes referred to as cutaneous receptors 
 
 
Examples of extroreceptors 
touch, pressure, temperature, and pain 
 
 
Visceroceptors 
receptors that are locate...
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