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receptor
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any structure specialized to detect a stimuli
some are naked nerve endings, some actual cells (Merkels disc), some are organs (eye) |
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chemoreceptor
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respond to chemicals
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thermoreceptor
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respond to heat/cold
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mechanoreceptor
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respond to physical deformation
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photoreceptor
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respond to light
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nociceptor
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respond to pain
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interoceptors
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nausea and pain from the viscera
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exteroceptors
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stimuli external to body
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General senses=
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-touch
-pressure -temp -pain -receptors widely spread throughout the body |
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Special sense=
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-smell
-taste -vision -hearing -equilibrium -receptors in specific location in the head |
