BPK 105 Lecture 5: BPK 105 Lecture : BPK105 Module 5 Review Questions

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 105
• Professor: Kelly Anthony

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Define sensory perception and differentiate between general and special senses, listing examples of each: general senses: pain, temperature, touch, pressure, proprioception are scattered throughout the body, special senses: smell, taste, vision, hearing, balance. Describe the five types of receptors involved in responding to both general and special senses. When someone is experiencing a heart attack, they often perceive the pain to be originating from their left arm or shoulder. Define appropriate terminology in your answer: because they are experiencing referred pain-pain perceived to originate usually on the skin, but actually originates elsewhere. The brain cannot distinguish the location of the pain between deeper neurons closer to the heart and superficial sensory neurons because they converge at the same ascending neurons within the spinal cord and are experienced the same way. In a heart attack, the pain is felt because there is a blockage within the heart, but most patients instead feel the pain in their left shoulder/arm.