Somatosensation

Match the following somatosensation terms with their appropriate definition.

When a receptor at the nerve terminal of an afferent neuron is stimulated the neuron is polarised.

Match the type of neural receptor with its appropriate stimulus.

Which type of fibres carry fast sensations of pain?

Muscle spindles are the sensory receptors within skeletal muscle.

Golgi tendon organs detect force/muscle tension generated during muscle contraction, which is detected as stretch.

Match the following special sensory receptor with its appropriate sense.

Which fibre type from the options below transmits slower signals related to pain?

In a disease that only targeted nerve endings of large diameter fibres, which of the following senses would be lost? Select all that apply.

Each receptor monitors a specific area known as a 'receptive field'.