Your Best Friend Sneaks Up Behind You and Lightly Strokes

question 2

Multiple Choice

Your best friend sneaks up behind you and lightly strokes the back of your neck with a feather. Which of the following receptors would detect this type of stimulus?

• A) Ruffini corpuscles
• B) Stretch receptors
• C) Pacinian corpuscles
• D) Hair cells
• E) Meissner's corpuscles

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Definitions:

Loop of Henle

The U-shaped loop of a mammalian kidney tubule that extends down into the renal medulla.

Sodium

A chemical element (Na) that is essential for human health, notably in the regulation of fluids and blood pressure.

ADH

Antidiuretic Hormone, also known as vasopressin; a hormone released by the pituitary gland that regulates water balance in the body by reducing urine output.

Collecting Duct

Part of the nephron in the kidney that is responsible for the concentration of urine and the reabsorption of water into the bloodstream.