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| touching, bending, stretching, pressure and sound |
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| chemical binding: total solute concentration of a solution and specific receptors that respond to individual kinds of molecules |
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| detect various forms of electromagnetic energy such as visible light, electricity and magnetism |
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| change other forms into electrical energy to cause change in charge across plasma membrane which equates to receptor potential |
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| the action potential caused by the release of sodium ions into the cell membrane |
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When action potential travels along a sensory neuron, the brain ______and the receptor______ |
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| the brain interprets and the receptors detect |
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| what does an action potential depend on |
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location or source of action potential and the strength of the stimulus |
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what is the strength of stimulus based on? |
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| the receptors varied frequency to indicate intensity and the number of receptor signalling |
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