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. Skin touch receptors may be classified as rapidly adapting and slowly adapting receptors.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Regarding receptors in the skin

All skin receptors are encapsulated correct incorrect

The receptive fields of touch receptors are uniform in area correct incorrect

The nociceptors of the skin are bare nerve endings. correct incorrect

All sensory information from the skin reaches the brain via the spinothalamic tract. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements are true of the skin temperature receptors?

They are sensitive to mild mechanical and chemical stimuli correct incorrect

Cold receptors are innervated by Aδ myelinated afferents correct incorrect

Cold receptors may respond to a change in temperature either with an increase or with a decrease in firing rate. correct incorrect

Thermoreceptors are encapsulated receptors. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about the somatosensory system are true?

Information from somatosensory receptors reaches the brain by way of the dorsal columns correct incorrect

The spinothalamic tract is primarily concerned with fine discriminatory touch correct incorrect

Sensory information is represented by a topographical map on the precentral gyrus of the cerebral cortex. correct incorrect

The sensory inputs from the face are relayed to the brain via the fifth cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve. correct incorrect