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What is a receptor?
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A receptor is a specialised cell that detects a stimuus.
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Identify the role of receptors in detecting stimuli
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Receptors role is to detect the change taken place.
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What does a response to a stimulus invovle?
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-Stimulus
-Receptor -Messenger -Effector -Response |
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Explain this
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In order for a stimulus to produce a response, a receptor must detect the stimulus, a message must then be passed to a messenger nerve/hormone) which carries the information to an effector, which may be a gland or a muscle which then in turn responds to the message.
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Identify range of senses used in communication
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-Sight/vision
-Hearing/auditory -Smell/olfactory -Touch/tactile -Taste |
