Are the rules of team sports are designed to give one team an advantage?

Sensory adaptation of cutaneous temperature receptors some types of sensory receptors, like pain receptors, will continue to transduce pain until the stimulus is removed. other sensory receptors may respond with an initial burst in production of action potentials, but will “adapt” and over time action potentials will cease. sensory adaptation occurs, for example, with olfactory receptors for smell. procedure have the subject place one hand in an ice bath while simultaneously placing the other hand in a warm water bath (@40oc). the subject should keep their hands in the designated baths for two minutes. after two minutes, remove both hands and place both hands in a room temperature water bath. record your observations review questions 1. describe how each hand felt after taking them out of the designated water baths and placing them into the room temperature water bath. 2. define sensory adaptation and relate it to what happened to the temperature receptors in the subject’s hands. 3. list and describe sensory receptors that adapt, and sensory receptors that do not.

Ryan is a nine-year-old boy whose father wants him to be a soccer player. ryan does not have an aptitude for soccer, and keeps failing miserably at it. his father criticizes him in an attempt to motivate ryan to play better. as per erickson’s psychosocial theory, what is a likely consequence of this criticism? a. ryan may start developing an interest in soccer. b. ryan may develop a respect for his father. c. ryan may develop an inferiority complex. d. ryan may excel at soccer. e. ryan may gain self-esteem.

The following statement about pathogens are true except for one, which statement is not true? a. pathogens belong in the human body b. pathogens can cause infectious diseases c. some pathogens can be classified as animals d. pathogens can multiply inside a host organism