Sensory Receptors STEMscopedia

Organ that serves as the primary control center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals

• sensory receptors

• electromagnetic input

• chemical input

• brain

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a cell specialized for transmitting fast electrochemical signals

• brain

• stimulus

• nerve cell

• behavior

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a nerve ending that sends signals to the central nervous system when it is stimulated

• stimulus

• sensory receptor

• brain

• nerve cell

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an action or condition that provokes a response

• stimulus

• sensory receptor

• behavior

• nerve cell

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Chemoreceptors respond to

• light

• pain

• temperature

• chemicals in taste and smell

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Thermoreceptors respond to

• physical forces

• body position

• temperature

• taste and smell

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Mechanoreceptors respond to

• physical forces (touch, hearing, pressure)

• light

• pain

• body position

Photoreceptors respond to

• pain

• taste and smell

• temperature

• light

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nociceptors respond to

• light

• temperature

• body position

• pain

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proprioceptors respond to

• touch, hearing, and pressure

• body position

• temperature

• taste and smell