Sensory receptor

Introduction: Sensory receptor

Description of Sensory receptor

Sensory receptor: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Sensory receptor: specialized sensory nerve processes or epithelial structures that respond to specific kinds of stimuli in the internal or external environment; this term refers to cells and cellular structures, as opposed to the molecular and submembrane structures covered by RECEPTOR.
Source: CRISP

Sensory receptor: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sensory receptor:

• Sensory
• Receptor

Terms associated with Sensory receptor:

Terms Similar to Sensory receptor:

• sense organ
• receptor

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Sensory receptor:

• chemoreceptor
• mechanoreceptor
• nociceptor
• thermoreceptor
• visual photoreceptor

Source - CRISP

• lateral line
• lateral line organ
• interoceptor
• enteroceptor
• exteroceptor
• third eye
• pineal eye
• baroreceptor
• chemoreceptor
• thermoreceptor
• eye
• oculus
• optic
• ear
• organ of hearing
• inner ear
• internal ear
• labyrinth
• semicircular canal
• stretch receptor

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Sensory receptor

• nerve ending

Source - CRISP

• organ

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Sensory receptor can be used for:

• neuroreceptor
• sensory transducer cell

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Sensory receptor:

• receptor
• sense organ

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Sensory receptor

The following list attempts to classify Sensory receptor into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• organ
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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