Asthma is a type of chronic lower respiratory disease, CLRD, that affects individuals of all ages. It is very difficult to diagnose in children because the symptoms are often intermittent and associated with many other illnesses that are not considered to be serious. In two or more complete sentences, describe how children can benefit from the early detection of asthma.

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.

When trimming plants and vines: a. burn all the poisonous plants b. touch poison oak and poison sumac with your bare hands c. wear gloves d. cut as quickly as possible

Kelly is 33 weeks pregnant and her doctor has scheduled her for a procedure to remove a small amount of fluid to check for the health of the fetus. the procedure is called .