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What type of sensory receptor is in charge of compression, bending, stretching of cells, touch, pressure, proprioception, hearing and balance?
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Mechanoreceptors
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What type of sensory receptor is in charge of chemicals that become attached to receptors on their membranes; smell and tastes?
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Chemoreceptors
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What type of sensory receptor is responsible for responses to changes in temperature?
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Thermoreceptors
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What type of sensory receptor is responsible for responses to light; vision
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Photoreceptors
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What type of sensory receptor is responsible for extreme mechanical, chemical or thermal stimuli; pain
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Nocireceptors
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What are odorants?
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Chemicals that are floating around in the air that are detected by sensory cells
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Nostrils are also known as nares... true or false?
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True
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