The pancinian corpuscle
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What are receptors?
Cells that detect stimuli
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What does it mean that receptors are specific?
Each type of receptor detects a different type of stimulus
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What types of stimuli can touch receptors in the skin detect?
Light pressure, deep pressure, sustained pressure, temperature and pain
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What are Pacinian corpuscles?
A type of receptor found deep in the skin that responds to changes in pressure
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Where are Pacinian corpuscles found?
At the sensory neurone endings deep in the skin
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What are Pacinian corpuscles made of?
Many layers of membrane separated by gel
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What are the membrane layers in Pacinian corpuscles sometimes called?
Connective tissue or lamellae
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What is a generator potential?
A change in the potential difference across the membrane of a nerve cell in response to a stimulus
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What determines the size of a generator potential?
The size of the stimulus
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What happens if a generator potential is large enough?
It initiates a nerve impulse or action potential
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Where do generator potentials occur?
Only at the site of the stimulus
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How do generator potentials vary?
Their size differs depending on the size of the stimulus
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What can generator potentials lead to?
An action potential
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What happens to Pacinian corpuscles when pressure is applied to the skin?
The layers of membrane are distorted
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What type of sodium channels open when Pacinian corpuscles are stimulated by pressure?
Stretch-mediated sodium channels
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How do sodium ions enter the axon during Pacinian corpuscle stimulation?
Through facilitated diffusion
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What effect do sodium ions entering the axon have?
They make the inside of the axon more positive, creating a generator potential
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