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THE VARSITY B-BALL PLAYERS: SENSORY RECEPTORS

LOCATION-

Ex te rocep to r s : LOCATED ON OR VERY NEAR THE BODY SURFACE AND RESPOND

MOST FREQUENTLY TO STIMULI THAT ARISE EXTERNAL TO THE BODY ITSELF. THESE

RECEPTORS CAN SOMETIMES BE REFERRED TO AS CUTANEOUS RECEPTORS BECAUSE OF

THEIR PLACEMENT IN THE SKIN(1) IN RELATION TO BASKETBALL , THIS COULD BE

CONSIDERED THE STARTERS WHO PLAY THE MOST MINUTES OR THE MOST FREQUENTLY

AND ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO BE RECOGNIZED.

V I S C E R O C E P T O R S : LOCATED INTERNALLY, OFTEN WITHIN THE

VISCERA, AND WHEN STIMULATED PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE

INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT. THEY’RE ALSO INVOLVED IN MEDIATING

SENSATIONS SUCH AS HUNGER AND THIRST.(1) IN RELATION TO

BASKETBALL, THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED THE 6TH MAN WHO PLAYS

BASICALLY AS MUCH AS THE STARTERS AND THEIR ROLES ARE JUST AS

IMPORTANT AS THE STARTERS.

P R O P C I O C E P T O R S : A SPECIALIZED TYPE OF VISCEROCEPTORS.

THEY ARE LESS NUMEROUS AND GENERALLY MORE SPECIALIZED THAN

OTHER INTERNALLY PLACED RECEPTORS, AND THEIR LOCATION IS

LIMITED TO SKELETAL MUSCLE(1) IN RELATION TO BASKETBALL,

THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED THE BACK-UPS WHO MIGHT NOT PLAY

VERY MUCH BUT STILL ARE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE TEAM


STIMULUS DETECTED-

M E C H A N O R E C E P T O R S : ACTIVATED BY MECHANICAL STIMULI THAT

IN SOME WAY “DEFORM” OR CHANGE THE POSITION OF THE

RECEPTOR, RESULTING IN THE GENERATION OF A RECEPTOR

POTENTIAL.(1)

C H E M O R E C E P T O R S : RECEPTORS OF THIS TYPE ARE ACTIVATED BY

EITHER THE AMOUNT OR THE CHANGING CONCENTRATION OF

CERTAIN CHEMICALS. THE SENSES OF TASTE AND SMELL DEPEND ON

CHEMORECEPTORS. (1)

T H E R M O R E C E P T O R S : ARE ACTIVATED BY CHANGES IN

TEMPERATURE. THE THERMORECEPTOR IS LIKE A BASKETBALL PLAY,

WHEN A PLAYER IS ON FIRE YOU WANT TO MAKE A PLAY FOR HIM TO

KEEP MAKING SHOTS AND ALL THAT HARD WORK MAKES HIM SWEET.

N O C I C E P T O R S : THIS TYPE OF RECEPTORS IS ACTIVATED BY INTENSE

STIMULI OF ANY TYPE THAT RESULT IN TISSUE DAMAGE. THE CAUSE

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MAY BE A TOXIC CHEMICAL, INTENSE LIGHT, SOUND, PRESSURE, OR

HEAT. THE SENSATION PRODUCED IS ONE OF PAIN. THIS IS LIKE

WHEN YOU TEAR A MUSCLE RUNNING OR JUMP TO GET A

BASKETBALL.

P H O T O R E C E P T O R S : THIS TYPE OF RECEPTOR IS FOUND ONLY IN

THE EYE. PHOTORECEPTORS RESPOND TO LIGHT STIMULI IF THE

INTENSITY IS GREAT ENOUGH TO GENERATE A RECEPTOR POTENTIAL.

St rucTURE-

F ree Ne rve End ing : IS THE MOST COMMON AND THE MOST SIMPLEST SENSORY

DISTRIUTED SENSORY RECEPTORS.

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Roo t Ha i r P l exu se s : THIS IS WHAT LETS YOU FEEL LIGHT TOUCHES ON YOUR

SKIN. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU’RE ON THE COURT AND SOMEONE BARELY RUBS PAST

YOU, YOU CAN PRETEND LIKE THEY HIT YOU HARD FOR A FREE POINT SHOT

M E R K E L D I S C : ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MEDIATING SENSATIONS OF

LIGHT OR DISCRIMINATIVE (TOUCH), ALSO FOUND IN THE FREE

NERVE ENDINGS. THE TERM “DISCRIMINATIVE TOUCH” MEANS

SIMPLY THAT THE SENSATION, WHICH MAY BE SUBTLE CAN BE

LOCATED EXACTLY ON THE SKIN SURFACE.

M E I S S N E R C O R P U S C L E : IS AN EGG SHAPED MECHANORECEPTORS.

THEY ARE ALSO NUMEROUS IN SKIN AREAS, SUCH AS THE NIPPLES,

FINGERTIPS, AND LIPS.

P A C I N I A N C O R P U S C L E S : ARE ALSO MECHANORECEPTORS AND WHEN

THEY’RE SECTIONED THEY TEND TO SHOW THICK LAMINATED

CONNECTIVE TISSUE CAPSULES. THEY ARE FOUND DEEP DERMIS OF

THE SKIN ESPECIALLY IN THE HANDS AND FEET, AND ARE ALSO

NUMEROUS IN JOINT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE BODY. PACINIAN ALSO

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RESPONDS QUICKLY TO SENSATIONS OF DEEP PRESSURE, HIGH

FREQUENCY OF VIBRATIONS AND STRETCH

M U S C L E S P I N D L E S : CONSIST OF A DISCRETE GROUPING OF ABOUT 5

TO 10 MUSCLE FIBERS CALLED INTRAFUSAL FIBERS WHICH ARE

SURROUNDED BY A DELICATE CAPSULE. THE MUSCLE SPINDLES ARE

FOUND IN THE STRETCH RECEPTORS, BESIDES THE GOLGI TENDON

MUSCLE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STRETCH RECEPTORS

G O L G I T E N D O N O R G A N S : THE ONE OF THE IMPORTANT STRETCH

RECEPTORS ALONG WITH THE MUSCLE SPINDLES. THEY ARE LOCATED

AT THE POINT OF JUNCTION BETWEEN MUSCLE TISSUE AND TENDON.

EACH GOLGI TENDON ORGAN CONSIST OF DENDTRIES OF AFFERENT

(SENSORY) NERVES CALLED “TYPE IB NERVE FIBERS” WHICH ARE

ASSOCIATED WITH BUNDLES OF COLLAGEN FIBERS FROM THE TENDON

AND SURROUNDED BY A CAPSULE.

B-BALL NOT STREET-BALL: SPECIAL SENSES

O L F A C T O R Y R E C E P T O R S : EXTREMELY SENSITIVE, CAPABLE OF BEING

STIMULATED BY EVEN VERY SLIGHT ODORS CAUSED BY JUST A FEW

MOLECULES OF A PARTICULAR CHEMICAL

O L F A C T O R Y P A T H W A Y S : IF THE LEVEL OF ODOR-PRODUCING

CHEMICALS DISSOLVED IN THE MUCUS SURROUNDING THE OLFACTORY

CILIA REACHES A THRESHOLD LEVEL, A RECEPTOR POTENTIAL AND,

THEN, AN ACTION POTENTIAL WILL BE GENERATED AND PASSED TO

THE OLFACTORY NERVES IN THE OLFACTORY BULB


N E U R A L P A T H W A Y : THE GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF THE

ACTION POTENTIAL, OR NERVE IMPULSE, THEN TRANSMIT THE

SENSORY INPUT TO THE BRAIN

P H O T O P I G M E N T S : LIGHT-SENSITIVE PIGMENTED COMPOUNDS THAT

ARE FOUND IN THE OUTER AREA OF BOTH TYPES OF

PHOTORECEPTORS NEAR THE PIGMENTED RETINA

R O D S : HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO LIGHT THAT EVEN DIM LIGHT CAUSES A

RAPID BREAKDOWN OF THE PHOTOPIGMENT INTO ITS OPSIN AND

RETINAL COMPONENTS

C O N E S : THREE TYPES REPRESENTED IN THE RETINA, EACH CONTAINS

A PHOTOPIGMENT DIFFERENT FROM THE RHODOPSIN FOUND IN ROD

CELLS. LESS SENSITIVE TO LIGHT

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THE MECHANISM OF HEARING IS SOLELY BASED IN THE COCHLEAR DUCT, WHICH

EVERY BASKETBALL PLAYER IS BORN WITH. THIS DUCT CONTAINS THE ORGAN OF CORTI,

WHICH ARE WHERE THE HAIR CELLS ARE LOCATED (ALL HAIRS HAVE NERVES ON THEM.)


HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES (SUCH AS A WHISTLE OR THE BUZZER GOING OFF) CAN

BE HEARD BY EVERY PLAYER BECAUSE THE SOUND WAVES CAUSE THE NARROW PART OF

THE BASILAR MEMBRANE NEAR THE OVAL WINDOW TO VIBRATE; THE LOW-FREQUENCY

SOUND WAVES (SUCH AS MAYBE A PLAYER WITH A DEEP VOICE OR EVEN A BOO FROM THE

CROWD) VIBRATE THE MEMBRANE NEAR THE APEX OF THE COCHLEA DUCT WHICH IS WIDER

AND THICKER, BOTH OF THESE FREQUENCIES CREATE BULGES IN THE BASILAR MEMBRANE

IN DIFFERENT POINTS ALONG ITS LENGTH. THIS BULGE CONTROLS WHICH HAIR CELLS ARE

AFFECTED, ULTIMATELY CAUSING THE PLAYER TO RECEIVE A HIGHER OR LOWER PITCH.

THE NEURONAL PATHWAY OF HEARING STARTS AT THE COCHLEA “SNAIL” PART AND GOES

ALL THE WAY TO THE BRAIN WHICH RECEIVES THE NERVE IMPULSES AND SENDS THE BACK

TO THE COCHLEA NERVE. (©1)

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SENSE OF BALANCE AND DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM ARE SYNONYMOUS TERMS. BALANCE IS

MAINTAINED BY THE FLUID IN THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS ATTACHED TO THE COCHLEA,

WHICH AS STATED BEFORE EVERY BASKETBALL PLAYER IS BORN WITH. TO MAINTAIN THE

BALANCE THE FLUID HAS TO BE SEMI STILL; HOWEVER, WHEN A PLAYER SHAKES HIS HEAD

OR GETS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND HIS BALANCE COULD’VE BEEN THROWN OFF FROM THE

FLUID BEING TO SHAKEN UP. BASKETBALL PLAYERS NEED LARGE AMOUNT OF BALANCE

BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DRIBBLE AND LOOK UP WHILE RUNNING DOWN THE

COURT. WITHOUT THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS AND COCHLEA THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS

WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO CONDUCT A GREAT GAME. (©1)


S T R U C T U R E O F T H E E Y E : THE EYEBALL IS AN IRREGULAR SHAPED

SPHERE UNLIKE A BASKETBALL THAT IS A PERFECTLY SHAPED SPHERE

WITH GRIP

C A V I T I E S & H U M O R S : THE CAVITIES IS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE

CORNEA AND IRIS FILLED WITH AQUEOUS HUMOR, JUST LIKE THE

SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE BASKETBALL HOOP AND IN ORDER TO

MAKE IT WORK YOU GOT TO GET TO THE HOOP JUST AS THE CAVITIES

FILL THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CORNEA AND IRIS. THE HUMORS OF

THE EYE IS LIKE JELLY THAT GIVES YOUR EYE ITS SHAPE, JUST LIKE A

BASKETBALL IS GIVEN SHAPE BY THE AIR THAT FILLS IT.

V I S I O N M U S C L E S : THE MUSCLES IN YOUR EYE HELP MOVE YOUR

EYEBALL AND FOCUS IN ON AN OBJECT, IN BASKETBALL THIS IS

IMPORTANT SO YOU CAN FOCUS ON THE HOOP.

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A C C E S S O R I E S O F T H E E Y E : THESE ACCESSORIES ARE THE EYELIDS,

EYEBROWS, AND EYELASHES WHICH ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT

BECAUSE MOST BASKETBALL PLAYERS LOOK FIT AND NOT UGLY.

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