Polymodal nociceptors
A) respond only to mechanical damage such as cutting, crushing, or pinching
B) transmit impulses along A-delta fibers
C) activate the slow pain pathway
D) release prostaglandins
E) do not react in any of the above ways
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Q4: The conversion of stimuli into neuron potentials
A)requires
Q5: Pacinian corpuscles
A)adapt as a result of the
Q6: Which of the following receptors are rapidly
Q7: In somatosensory pathways, first-order neurons usually synapse
Q8: Which is characteristic of fast pain?
A)poorly localized
B)occurs
Q10: Phasic receptors
A)exhibit an "off-response"
B)signal a change in
Q11: Identify the true statement(s) about receptors:
A)They may
Q12: Receptor potentials
A)are always depolarizations
B)are graded potentials
C)have refractory
Q13: Identify the true statement(s) about sensory receptors:
A)The
Q14: The smaller the receptive fields in a
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