Test 3 Section 5

The action potentials initiated by taste receptors are transmitted to a separate region of the brain than those initiated by receptors for smell.

• A.

  True

• B.

  False

Four basic functions of sensory pathways in order

• A.

  Transduction, amplification, transmission, integration

• B.

  Transduction, transmission, integration, amplification

• C.

  Transduction, transmission, amplification, integration

Perceived pitch of a sound is the region of the basilar membrane where the signal originated.

• A.

  True

• B.

  False

"hot" peppers taste this way because of ____________. It is said to taste hot because this activates the same receptors as something heated.

Supports against gravity while walking, running, hopping or crawling

Regulatory protein that blocks the myosin-binding sites on actin molecules