sensory receptor
| sensory receptor | |
noun | |
| an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation [syn: sense organ] [ant: effector] |
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sensory receptor
in biology, a specialized cell or group of cells that translates a certain type of stimulus, received from the environment or from within the organism, into nerve impulses that aid the organism in effecting future behavioral or physiological changes
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