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SENSATION
- Ability to know what is happening in the environment or o Stimulus intensity
determine the different changes in the environment
- Dependent on functioning of sensory receptors activated
by stimuli (may be internal or external)
SENSORY RECEPTORS
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Physio B GENERAL SENSES 1
FEU-NRMF Institute of Medicine
Lecturer: Felipe Barbon, MD 2.3.14 1B-Medicine
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Physio B GENERAL SENSES 1
FEU-NRMF Institute of Medicine
Lecturer: Felipe Barbon, MD 2.3.14 1B-Medicine
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Physio B GENERAL SENSES 1
FEU-NRMF Institute of Medicine
Lecturer: Felipe Barbon, MD 2.3.14 1B-Medicine
GRAPHESTESIA
- Ability to recognize writing (letters or numbers) on skin
purely by sensation of touch
- DERMATOGRAPHIA: Inability to recognize writing due to
rough skin
ADAPTATION / DESENSITIZATION
- when there is continuous exposure to stimulus, sensory
receptors have the ability to disrupt firing of AP causing
loss of sensation
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Physio B GENERAL SENSES 1
FEU-NRMF Institute of Medicine
Lecturer: Felipe Barbon, MD 2.3.14 1B-Medicine
MECHANISM OF ADAPTATION
1. Readjustment in the shape or structure of sensory
receptor
- When receptors change their structure or change, they
stop AP firing
- When stimulus is stopped, the receptors will go back to
their original configuration
- Ex. Pacinian is oval shaped & when it is deformed, it will
stop firing AP
IMPORTANCE OF ADAPTATION
- Adaptation allows brain to rest lessening activity of CNS &
to allow us to concentrate to incoming new stimuli