- Less precise localization of stimuli.
- Greater sensory discrimination and localization.
- Faster adaptation.
- Slower nerve conduction.
No category found.
- Dermatome
- Receptor field
- Receptive field
- Sensory map
- Adaptation
- Inhibition
- Frequency coding
- Spatial summation
- Temperature
- Chemical concentration
- Blood pressure
- Light intensity
- Muscle length
- Muscle tension
- Joint position
- Skin temperature
- Golgi tendon organ
- Muscle spindle
- Pacinian corpuscle
- Ruffini ending
- Semicircular canals
- Vestibule
- Cochlea
- Eustachian tube
- Dampen loud sounds.
- Protect the inner ear from damage.
- Amplify and transmit sound vibrations to the inner ear.
- Convert sound waves into nerve impulses.
- Transduction of sound waves.
- Collection and funneling of sound waves.
- Amplification of sound waves.
- Conversion of sound into electrical signals.
- Chemoreceptors
- Photoreceptors
- Mechanoreceptors
- Thermoreceptors
- Depolarization
- Hyperpolarization
- Action potential
- No change in potential
- Rapidly opening ion channels.
- Activating intracellular signaling pathways, often involving G-proteins.
- Generating action potentials directly.
- Sensing pressure changes.
- Activating second messenger systems.
- Directly opening or closing ion channels upon ligand binding.
- Phosphorylating intracellular proteins.
- Acting as enzymes.
- They directly open ion channels.
- They synthesize ATP for receptor activation.
- They act as intermediaries to activate effector enzymes or ion channels.
- They regulate neurotransmitter reuptake.
- Olfactory epithelium
- Retina
- Taste buds
- Cochlea
- Optic nerve (II)
- Trigeminal nerve (V)
- Olfactory nerve (I)
- Facial nerve (VII)
- Sensitization
- Adaptation
- Potentiation
- Facilitation
- Muscle spindle
- Baroreceptor (for sustained pressure)
- Pacinian corpuscle (for vibration)
- Merkel cell
- Rapid decrease in firing rate despite continuous stimulus.
- Sustained firing as long as the stimulus is applied.
- Sensitivity only to sudden changes in stimulus.
- Being primarily involved in pain perception.
