Learning Objectives

• Name the types of touch and pressure receptors found in the skin
• Describe the receptors that mediate the sensations of pain and temperature
• Describe generator potential
• Describe sensory pathway from receptor to cerebral cortex
• Name the different sensory tracts and discuss their functions
• Explain the role of thalamus in sensory processing
• What are the parts of cerebral cortex involved in sensory processing?

Sensory Receptors

• what are the steps of sensory info transmission?
• what is the function of sensory receptors?
• what is a stimulus vs sensation vs perception?
• Types of Sensory Receptors
• what is a sense organ?
• 4 types of tactile receptors?
• what are the structural features of thermoreceptors?

Sensory Transduction & Adaptation

• how are receptor potentials produced?
• what is a receptor potential?