KIN 2500 : Exam 1 Pictures Without Names
15 Mar 2019
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Chapter 6: proprioception, touch, and vision: touch and motor control, neural basis of touch, mechanoreceptors: receptors in the skin that activate to provide the cns with information that is related to pain, temperature, and movement. Involved in reflexes and voluntary movement: golgi-tendon organs: located in the skeletal muscle near the insertion of the tendons into the muscle. Detects changes in muscle tensions (force: joint receptors: located in the joint capsule and ligaments. Not all joints contain the same types of receptors. Postural control: proprioceptors provide information to the cns to enable a person to control the upright stance. Participants stood in a room in which the walls could: for example lee and aronson experiment (moving room): In this situation, the participant"s vision indicated they move up, down, forward, or backward but the floor was stationary were moving while their proprioceptors indicated they were not moving. Rods: photoreceptors that detect low levels of light and.
