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Published	02/02/2025	What is the defining trait of primary sensory neurones?What is their morphology?Where is their cell body usually found?Where do they go after the dors…
Published	02/02/2025	What are the four axon classifications?What are they each used for?
Published	02/02/2025	What is a receptive field?What does a smaller receptive field lead to?How is this represented in the somatosensory cortex?What are dermatomes?
Published	02/02/2025	What is an adequate stimulus?What is the difference between a tonic and a phasic receptor?
Published	02/02/2025	What are the two main types and layers of skin?What are cutaneous mechanoreceptors?Name 5 cutaneous mechanoreceptors.
Published	02/02/2025	Describe the distribution of Merkel's disks.What do they detect and how fast do they adapt?Describe the sensory apparatus involved.
Published	02/02/2025	Describe the distribution of Meissner's corpuscles.What do they detect and how fast do they adapt?What are they involved in? Give examples
Published	02/02/2025	Describe the distribution of Raffini's corpuscles.What do they detect and how fast do they adapt?What is their sensoty apparatus?
Published	02/02/2025	Describe the distribution of Pacinian corpuscles.What do they detect and how fast do they adapt?What is their sensoty apparatus?
Published	02/02/2025	What are hair follicle receptors?What do they detect?
Published	02/02/2025	What are thermoreceptors?How fast do they adapt and what do they detect?How do they work?
Published	02/02/2025	What are nociceptors?How fast do they adapt and what do they detect?How do they work?
Published	02/02/2025	What are muscle spindles made of?What fibres do they use and how does this work?Describe their adaptability and threshold.Where are they important?
Published	02/02/2025	Where are Golgi tendon organs found?What are they innervated by?How do they work and what do they help with?
Published	02/02/2025	What are the two types of proprioceptors?How are they different?
Published	02/02/2025	What are the two main ascending pathways to the primary somatosensory cortex?What fibres do they use?What information do they transport?
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