Exam 2: Ch 7 Notes

Question 1

specialized sensory cells have…

Answer 1

specialized properties

different modalities: light, sound, heat, mechanical, chemicals (specialized channels)

Question 2

sensory neurons detect stimuli and transduce it into …..

Answer 2

electrical activity

receptor potential, graded

APs to CNS

Question 3

invertebrates have cell bodies in the _______, vertebrate have touch cell bodies in the _____ ______

Answer 3

periphery, spinal cord

Question 4

G-protein coupled receptor… rods/cones

Answer 4

opsin in rods/cones

7 transmembrane G protein coupled