Receptor Adaption Occurs When

question 42

Multiple Choice

Receptor adaption occurs when

• A) impulse transmission stops at a synapse.
• B) the brain ignores the incoming action potentials.
• C) the stimulus stops.
• D) the sensory neuron stops sending action potentials.
• E) action potentials from multiple sensory neurons cancel one another.

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Definitions:

Conscious Feelings

Emotional experiences that are within one's immediate awareness.

Sympathetic Nervous system

A part of the autonomic nervous system that activates the body's responses under stress, such as increasing heart rate and redirecting blood flow.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

A component of the autonomic nervous system responsible for energy conservation by decreasing the heart rate, enhancing the activity of intestines and glands, and easing the muscles of sphincters in the digestive system.

Somatic Nervous system

A part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements via the use of skeletal muscles.