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Detec9ng
a
mechanical
s9mulus

A
common
sensory
organ
is
an
innervated
hair, a
________
a
trichoid
sensillum
This
is
an
extensively
studies
sensory
mechanism,
in
part
because
of
biophysical
similari9es
to
hair
cells
of
the
______ ___ ___.
vertebrate
inner
ear.
Movement
of
the
hair
deforms
the
dendrite,
causing
_____
The
scien9fic
literature
indicates
that
it
was
very
difficult
to
find
the
cellular
mechanism
for
this
signal
transduc9on,
but
stretch-­‐ac9vated
ion
channels
have
now
been
demonstrated
in
Drosophila.
depolariza9on.
what are the mechanoreceptors that monitor body position called
proprioceptors.
A
body
joint
typically
has
a
group
of
sensilla
called
a
_____.
The
______
determines
the
number
of
hairs
that
are
moved.
hair-­‐plate

degree
of
joint
flexion
distortion of the cuticle is detected by
campaniform
sensillum

note similarity to trichoid
sensillum
monitoring stretching of a muscle involves _____ that are just a series on naked dentrites inserted in a muscle fiber
proprioceptors
your hearing detects sound a form of
compression wave
very ___ a delicate sensilla most sensitive low frequency and low amplitude sound
long
____ hair are associated with detection of higher frequency and amplitudes
example hair on a cercus
shorter
another vibration detection system is attached to the inside of the ___
cuticle