Senses vocabulary

A photoreceptor in the eye that detects only light intensity and contributes most to black and white vision.

• Rod cell

• Cone cell

• Mechanoreceptor

• Thermoreceptor

• Hair cell

Sensory neuron in the eye that detects color.

• Rod cell

• Cone cell

• Hair cell

• Receptor

• Chemoreceptor

A mechanoreceptor in the inner ear that detect sound waves when bent.

• Rod cell

• Cone cell

• Hair cell

• Receptor

• Chemoreceptor

A receptor that detect light intensity.

• Rod cell

• Photoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Thermoreceptor

• Hair cell

A receptor that detect movement.

• Rod cell

• Photoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Thermoreceptor

• Hair cell

A receptor that detect heat or temperature change.

• Rod cell

• Photoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Thermoreceptor

• Hair cell

A receptor that detect chemicals dissolved in water.

• Chemoreceptor

• Photoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Thermoreceptor

• Hair cell