Receptor (Noun)
Meaning 1
A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
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Meaning 2
An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
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- Baroreceptor
- Ear
- Inner Ear
- Exteroceptor
- Chemoreceptor
- Oculus
- Thermoreceptor
- Third Eye
- Eye
- Organ Of Hearing
- Lateral Line Organ
- Internal Ear
- Interoceptor
- Pineal Eye
- Lateral Line
- Enteroceptor
- Semicircular Canal
- Stretch Receptor