NEETBiologyNeural Control and CoordinationMCQ+4 / −1
Choose the correct statement.
- ANociceptors respond to changes in pressure.
- BMeissner's corpuscles are thermoreceptors.
- CPhotoreceptors in the human eye are depolarised during darkness and become hyperpolaized in response to the light stimulus.
- DReceptors do not produce graded potentials.
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Correct answer: C
Photoreceptors in human eye are unique because they are only type of sensory cells that are relatively depolarised (about –35mV) when it is at rest (i.e., in the dark), and hyperpolarised (to about – 70mV) in response to adequate light stimulus. Nociceptors respond to potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain. Meissner’s corpuscles are a type of mechanoreceptor, responsible for touch sensitivity. Receptors generally produce graded potentials called receptor potentials.
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