- Vision and smell.
- Balance and hearing.
- Touch and pain.
- Taste and vision.
No category found.
- Excessive receptor activation.
- Temporary disruption of nerve conduction and subsequent abnormal firing.
- Permanent nerve damage.
- Overstimulation of thermoreceptors.
- Pacinian corpuscles
- Hair follicle receptors
- Nociceptors
- Olfactory receptors
- The specific pathway a stimulus takes in the brain.
- The idea that each type of receptor and its associated nerve pathway are dedicated to a specific type of sensation.
- The intensity of a stimulus.
- The location of a receptor in the body.
- Baroreceptors
- Osmoreceptors
- Chemoreceptors
- Proprioceptors
- Mechanoreceptors
- Thermoreceptors
- Chemoreceptors
- Nociceptors
- A non-painful stimulus is perceived as painful.
- Pain is felt in a phantom limb.
- There is reduced sensitivity to pain.
- Pain intensity fluctuates rapidly.
- Pain perception is reduced.
- There is an increased sensitivity to painful stimuli.
- There is a complete absence of pain.
- Pain is perceived in a non-existent limb.
- Rods
- Cones
- The optic nerve
- The lens
- Frontal lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Temporal lobe
- Thalamus directly.
- Cerebellum.
- Brainstem and then to the thalamus.
- Spinal cord.
- Utricle
- Saccule
- Semicircular canals
- Cochlea
- Sensory adaptation
- Frequency coding
- Two-point discrimination
- Lateral inhibition
- Occipital lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Frontal lobe
- Temporal lobe
- The cell increases its sensitivity to a stimulus.
- The number of receptors on the cell surface decreases due to prolonged high ligand concentration.
- Receptors become more efficient at signal transduction.
- New receptors are synthesized.
- A continuous strong stimulus causing decreased receptor sensitivity.
- An increase in the number of receptors on a cell surface in response to low ligand concentration.
- Receptor desensitization due to prolonged exposure.
- Receptor binding to an antagonist.
- Mechanoreceptors
- Photoreceptors
- Chemoreceptors
- Thermoreceptors
- The lens of the eye.
- The blood vessels of the retina.
- The optic nerve.
- The cornea.
- Peripheral vision.
- Central vision and high acuity.
- Night vision.
- Color perception.
