2013 Sensory Physiology

In a sensory system, the adequate stimulus is one that: Answer

1. depolarizes a receptor sufficiently to generate an action potential.

2. initiates lateral inhibition.

3. is perceived by a region of sensory cortex, no matter what type of stimulus energy activated the receptor.

4. stimulates the smallest detectable portion of a receptive field.

5. results in the greatest adaptation.