Topic area overview

Sensory Receptors and Ascending Pathways

Bite order

Build the route from stimulus detection to perception.

Sensory receptor types

Transduction: stimulus to signal

Receptive fields and localisation

Adaptation: tonic and phasic receptors

Dorsal root ganglion and spinal entry

Touch, vibration, and proprioception pathways

Pain and temperature pathways

Sensory cortex map and perception

Integrated sensory pathway map