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mechanoreceptor

detects touch pressure vibration stretch

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Meissner corpuscle

light touch discriminative

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Pacinian corpuscle

deep pressure vibration

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Ruffini endings

deep continuous pressure

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muscle spindle

muscle stretch

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tendon organ

tension in tendon

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phasic receptors

detect change; fast adapting

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tonic receptors

continuous monitoring; slow adapting

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hair follicle receptor

detects hair movement

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exteroceptors

detect external stimuli; located in skin

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interoceptors

detect internal stimuli (organs)

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proprioceptors

detect body position and movement

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nociceptor

detects pain

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thermoreceptor

detects temperature

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chemoreceptor

detects chemicals (smell taste pH)

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photoreceptor

detects light

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voltage
difference in electrical charge between two points
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chemically gated channels
open when neurotransmitter binds
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hyperpolarization
membrane becomes more negative than resting
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EPSP
Na⁺ enters cell causing depolarization toward threshold
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serotonin
mood sleep appetite
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glutamate
main excitatory neurotransmitter
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substance P
pain transmission
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adenosine
inhibitory neurotransmitter promotes sleep
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electrical synapse
direct ion flow between cells; very fast
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chemical synapse
uses neurotransmitters; slower
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serial processing
single pathway predictable response
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parallel after-discharge circuit
one input produces prolonged multiple outputs
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location graded potentials
dendrites and cell body
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nicotinic receptors
ALWAYS excitatory; ligand-gated; fast
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muscarinic receptors
G-protein; slow; effect depends on organ
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what determines neurotransmitter effect
receptor type
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cholinergic fibers
release ACh
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adrenergic fibers
release NE
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preganglionic neuron location
CNS (brain or spinal cord)
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postganglionic neuron location
ganglion outside CNS
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ganglion
cluster of neuron cell bodies in PNS
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sympathetic ganglia location
near spinal cord
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parasympathetic ganglia location
near or in target organ
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alpha-1
vasoconstriction
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beta-1
heart rate increase
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beta-2
bronchodilation
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what is ALWAYS true about preganglionic neurons
release ACh
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what is ALWAYS true about nicotinic receptors
always excitatory