The Cutaneous Senses

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Introduction to Perception
The Beginning of the Perceptual Process
Neural Processing
Cortical Organization
Perceiving Objects and Scenes
Visual Attention
Taking Action
Perceiving Motion
Perceiving Color
Perceiving Depth and Size
Hearing I: Basic Processes and Pitch Perception
Hearing II: Location and Organization
Speech Perception
The Cutaneous Senses
The Chemical Senses

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Question 1

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The somatosensory system comprises _____ .

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the cutaneous sensory system only

cutaneous sensations and proprioception only

cutaneous sensations and kinesthesis only

cutaneous sensations, proprioception, and kinesthesis

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Question 2

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The outer layer of the skin is composed of _____ .

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a lipid layer

Meissner corpuscles

Pacinian corpuscles

dead skin cells

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Question 3

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The _____ are located near the border of the epidermis and surface of the skin, and are associated with sensing fine details.

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Pacinian corpuscle

Meissner corpuscles

Ruffini cylinders

Merkel receptors

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Question 4

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Which mechanoreceptor is located deeper in the skin and responds continuously to stimulation and is associated with perceiving stretching of the skin

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Pacinian corpuscles?

Ruffini cylinders

Merkel receptors

Meissner corpuscles

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Question 5

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The _____ are responsible for the perception of rapid vibrations, such as you would experience when using a hand-held massager.

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Pacinian corpuscles

Meissner corpuscles

Ruffini cylinders

Merkel receptors

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Question 6

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The Meissner corpuscle is associated with _____ .

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sensing vibrations

sensing fine texture

controlling handgrip

sensing fine details

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Question 7

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The nerve fibers in the spinal cord go in _____ .

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the medial lemniscal pathway only

the spinothalamic pathway only

the geniculostriate pathway only

both the medial lemniscal pathway and the spinothalamic pathway

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Question 8

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Ian Waterman was able to sense pain and temperature because his _ pathway was intact, but could not feel touch and limb position because of damage to his _ pathway.

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lemniscal; spinothalamic?

spinothalamic; lemniscal

homuncular; lemniscal

spinothermal; spinothalamic

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Question 9

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The fibers from the medial lemniscal pathway and the spinothalamic pathway go to the _____ .

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lateral geniculate nucleus

medial geniculate nucleus

ventrolateral nucleus

hypothalamus

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Question 10

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Penfield mapped locations of body parts on area S1 by _____ .

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using fMRIs in humans?

lesioning S1 areas in the monkey

using somatosensory-evoked potentials in monkeys

stimulating S1 areas in humans, and asking where they felt body sensations

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Question 11

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The mapping of the body on the somatosensory cortex can be represented as a(n) _____ .

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homunculus

anosmia

epidermis

pachyderm

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Question 12

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The area on S1 associated with the thumb is as large as the area for the forearm. This is an example of _____ .

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sensory substitution

Braille projection

cortical magnification

the analgesic inversion principle

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Question 13

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Which of the following is true regarding body mapping in the somatosensory cortex

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Body maps only appear in S1.

Body map regions are proportionate to the actual size of the body parts.

Body maps appear in both the frontal and parietal lobes.

Body maps appear in S1 and S2.

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Question 14

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Experience-dependent plasticity has been found to occur for _____ .

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the somatosensory system only

the auditory system only

only the auditory and somatosensory systems

the somatosensory, auditory, and visual systems

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Question 15

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Jan is a right-handed violin player - she bows with her right hand and fingers the strings with her left. The cortical representation for the fingers on her left hand is _____ .

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equal to the area for the fingers on her right hand

equal to the area for the fingers on the left hand of a non-musician

larger than the area for the fingers on the left hand of a non-musician

smaller than the area for the fingers on the left hand of a non-musician

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Question 16

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Which type of acuity is measured by pressing a grooved stimulus onto the skin and asking the person to indicate the orientation

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grating

letter

two-point

Braille simulated

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Question 17

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Which body part is the most sensitive to detail

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fingertips

palms

forehead

upper arm

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Question 18

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The density of the _____ on the fingertips than on the palms.

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Merkel receptors is higher

Krausse end bulbs is higher

Merkel receptors is lower

Pacinian corpuscles is lower

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Question 19

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The receptive fields of cortical S1 neurons are _____ .

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larger for the fingers than for the forearm

larger for the fingers than for the hand

smaller for the fingers than the forearm

the same size for the fingers as for the hand

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Question 20

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The mechanoreceptors primarily responsible for feeling the vibrations from an electric toothbrush are _____ because these receptors contain an "onion-like" series of layers.

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Pacinian corpuscles

Merkel receptors

Ruffini cylinders

Meissner corpuscles

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The Cutaneous Senses

The somatosensory system comprises _____ .

The outer layer of the skin is composed of _____ .

The _____ are located near the border of the epidermis and surface of the skin, and are associated with sensing fine details.

Which mechanoreceptor is located deeper in the skin and responds continuously to stimulation and is associated with perceiving stretching of the skin

The _____ are responsible for the perception of rapid vibrations, such as you would experience when using a hand-held massager.

The Meissner corpuscle is associated with _____ .

The nerve fibers in the spinal cord go in _____ .

Ian Waterman was able to sense pain and temperature because his _____ pathway was intact, but could not feel touch and limb position because of damage to his _____ pathway.

The fibers from the medial lemniscal pathway and the spinothalamic pathway go to the _____ .

Penfield mapped locations of body parts on area S1 by _____ .

The mapping of the body on the somatosensory cortex can be represented as a(n) _____ .

The area on S1 associated with the thumb is as large as the area for the forearm. This is an example of _____ .

Which of the following is true regarding body mapping in the somatosensory cortex

Experience-dependent plasticity has been found to occur for _____ .

Jan is a right-handed violin player - she bows with her right hand and fingers the strings with her left. The cortical representation for the fingers on her left hand is _____ .

Which type of acuity is measured by pressing a grooved stimulus onto the skin and asking the person to indicate the orientation

Which body part is the most sensitive to detail

The density of the _____ on the fingertips than on the palms.

The receptive fields of cortical S1 neurons are _____ .

The mechanoreceptors primarily responsible for feeling the vibrations from an electric toothbrush are _____ because these receptors contain an "onion-like" series of layers.

Ian Waterman was able to sense pain and temperature because his _ pathway was intact, but could not feel touch and limb position because of damage to his _ pathway.