Merkel cell fibers, tactile corpuscles, Ruffini endings, and lamellated corpuscles are all types of:

a. Nociceptors

b. Mechanoreceptors

c. Photoreceptors

d. Chemoreceptors

Devise a series of physical examination tests that assess the function of each of the cranial nerves.

Predict what might happen if nociceptors were rapidly adapting instead of slowly adapting receptors. Would this change be beneficial or potentially harmful?

Explain why you lose both motor and sensory function of a part of your body when a spinal nerve is numbed with anesthetic agents.

​​Complaining of muscle weakness, Delia goes to the doctor. Devise a series of physical examination tests that would help to determine if her problem involves upper or lower motor neurons.