Name: Ori Baronin Exercise 3: Neurophysiology of Nerve Impulses: Activity 2: Receptor Potential Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. Assuming that the resting potential of a sensory neuron is -70 mV, which of the following following represents a depolarization? You correctly answered: c. a change to -60 mV 2. Which of the following is a sensory modality (type of sense)? You correctly answered: e. all of the above 3. Which of the following is a sensory stimulus? You correctly answered: d. all of the above 4. Which of the following is true of the response of a sensory neuron to the appropriate sensory stimulus? You correctly answered: c. both a and b
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Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: The adequate stimulus for a Pacinian corpuscle corpuscle is pressure or vibration on the skin. Which of the following modalities will induce the largest amplitude receptor potential in the Pacinian corpuscle Your answer : c. moderate-intensity pressure Predict Question 2: The adequate stimuli for olfactory receptors are chemicals, typically typically odorant molecules. Which of the following modalities will induce the largest amplitude receptor potential in the olfactory receptor? Your answer : a. moderate-intensity chemical Stop & Think Questions: Why didn't the Pacinian corpuscle respond to high-intensity light? You correctly answered: b. Light-transducing proteins are not present in the Pacinian corpuscle. Judging from these results, does light have a smell? You correctly answered: b. no Why did the free nerve ending respond to several different modalities? You correctly answered: c. The sensory end of this nerve is less specialized. Experiment Data: Receptor
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Post-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. A very intense stimulus stimulus can sometimes stimulate sensory neurons that have evolved for a different modality. Thus, with a blow to the eye, one "sees stars." In this example the photoreceptors in the eye are responding to You correctly answered: c. intense pressure. 2. Olfactory receptor neurons respond to low concentrations of chemical odorants because there are membrane membrane proteins in the receptor ending of this sensory neuron that You correctly answered: b. can bind and respond to the specific odorant. 3. The sequence of events events starting with a sensory stimulus and ending with a change in membrane potential is called You correctly answered: c. sensory transduction. 4. Starting at a resting membrane membrane potential of -70 mV, a change to which of the following represents the largest receptor potential? You correctly answered: d. a change to -50 mV
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