A. Touch receptors
B. Warmth receptors
C. Pressure receptors
D. Pain receptors
Related Mcqs:
- A hormone whose over secretion in pregnancy stimulates melanocytes in skin to produce brown pigment melanin which darkness the skin is produced by:
A. Anterior pituitary lobe
B. Median pituitary lobe
C. Posterior lobe
D. Both a & b - Information picked up by the body’s receptor called is termed:
A. Cognition
B. Perception
C. Adaptation
D. Sensation - Receptor cells that are very sensitive to color are the _________________?
A. rods
B. bipolar cells
C. cones
D. ganglion cells - The receptor of the eye that functions best in dim light is the ______________?
A. fovea
B. ganglion
C. cone
D. rod - The theory of color vision based on the idea that we possess three distinct receptor areas for the three primary colors of light is the ________________?
A. primary color theory
B. signal detection theory
C. opponent process theory
D. trichromatic theory - A receptor may be a:
A. Cell
B. Neuron ending
C. Receptor organ
D. All of the above - Each receptor organ:
A. Can receive all types of stimulus
B. Can able to detect particular types of stimulus
C. Can receive all types of stimuli but one at a time
D. Receptor does not receive stimuli - Which of the following statements regarding the NMDA receptor is?
A. The NMDA receptor is a particular subtype of glutamate receptor
B. Sodium entry into cell is one of the triggers for the development of LTP
C. NMDA-dependent LTP can only develop in a cell that has been depolarized and then receives a further input
D. Experiments have show the blockade of the NMDA receptor by the drug AP5 prevents the development of LTP - Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as:
A. endorphins
B. serotonin
C. axon terminal
D. dendrite - Nerve cell bodies and dendrites are not the only locations sensitives to neurotransmitters. Receptor sites can also be found on:
A. muscles and glands
B. skeletal joints
C. axon terminals
D. all vital organs
