Basic Info for Ch 49

** Apologies for the order of these posts - after Ch 2, you should start with Ch 40 and go in order through 49. **

Ch 49 – Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

1. What are sensory receptors?
2. How do reception, sensation, and perception differ?
3. What are the 5 types of sensory receptors, where are they located, and what is the function of each?
4. What are the 3 types of muscle found in vertebrates? What is the function of each?
5. You need to know how muscle contraction happens! Go to the textbook website: http://wps.aw.com/bc_campbell_biology_8ap/ , Ch 50. Under concept 50.5, view the Bioflix animation on Muscle Contraction. Take notes. Include the roles of the following: muscle fiber, myofibrils, ER, thin filaments, thick filaments, actin, myosin, sarcomeres, calcium ions, ATP
6. Explain what is meant by the “sliding-filament model.”