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b)Thermoreceptors- warming/ cooling of skin, fire AP continuously slow rate at normal skin temperature
Cooling receptors- increase firing rate when skin is cooled, stop when skin is warmed, free nerve endings
w/ myelinated axons, small receptive fields, infrequent distribution
Warming receptors- decrease firing rate when skin is warmed, stop when skin is cooled free nerve
endings unmyelinated axon (cfiber), small receptive fields
c)Nociceptors- respond to stimuli that damage/ threaten to damage tissue,
A-mechanonocieptors: axon is myelinated (Aδ)- Respond to intense mechanical force, intense heat
(>52), free nerve endings, small receptive fields, slowly adapting response, mediate fast, initial pain,
sharp “pricking quality” easy to localize
Polymodal Noiceceptors: axon is unmyelinated (C-fiber):many modes, respond to intense
mechanical force, high heat (>45) noxious chemicals (bradykinin, histamine, acid, capsaicin) , free
nerve endings, no sheath, respond to inflammatory chemicals, small receptive fields, slowly adapting
response, mediate slow aching, burning, difficult to localize.