Search Results for: mechanoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor
Definition noun, plural: mechanoreceptors A sensory receptor chiefly in the skin or in the body surface of an organism used... Read More
Muscle spindle
Definition noun The neuromuscular spindle is a fusiform mechanoreceptor (specifically a stretch receptor) within the... Read More
Thermoreceptor
Definition noun, plural: thermoreceptors The sensory nerve ending in a sensory cell sensitive to changes in temperature... Read More
Somatosensory system
Definition noun A sensory system comprised of neural receptors located mainly in the skin and certain internal organs for... Read More
Merkel disk receptor
Definition noun A single sensory nerve ending characterized by a terminal cuplike, expanded tip that is in contact with the... Read More
Sensory neuron
Definition noun, plural: sensory neurons A type of neuron that transmits sensory nerve impulses Supplement The neurons are... Read More
