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Making Sense of Touch

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A reading comprehension quiz about the #sense of touch, #somatosensory system #mechanoreceptor #thermoreceptor #proprioreceptor

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1
All of these are types of receptors except
proprioceptors.
thermoreceptors.
mechanoreceptors.
vibratoreceptors.
2
The ridges on fingertips are filled with
sensations.
pain receptors.
mechanoreceptors.
rotational receptors.
3
A stimulus is
output.
information that signals a response.
a limb.
extra money from the government to help the economy.
4
Mechanoreceptors are found in the
speakers of my car.
fingernails and hair.
dermis and epidermis.
deepest layer of skin, the subcutaneous layer.
5
Proprioceptors are found
in the ridges of fingerprints.
in tendons, muscles, and joints.
in the dermis.
in the epidermis.
6
A rapidly adapting touch receptor
can sense continuous pressure against the skin.
can perceive only heat.
can sense changes in the skin right away.
can perceive only vibrations.
7
In the context of this passage, a receptor is
a sensation.
a stimulus.
a sense organ.
a feeling.
8
Choose the correct answer.
incorekt
correct
corect
coreckt
9
The network of nerve endings that is responsible for our sense of touch is part of
comatose system.
sucrose system.
skinsosensory system.
the somatosensory system.
10
Pain receptors are found only in the skin.
true
false
11
No more than two types of receptors can be activated at the same time.
false
true
12
The somatosensory system is
a network of nerve endings and touch receptors.
a network of blood vessel.
a rapidly adapting receptor.
a slowly adapting receptor.
13
Thermoreceptors perceive feelings of
vibrations and pressure.
changes in muscle length.
cuts and burns.
heat and cold.