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| specialized structures detecting stimuli. convert energy of the stimulus into a nerve signal sensory transduction |
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| Classification of receptors |
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1. By distribution in the body
2. By original stimuli
3. By stimulus modality
4. By structure |
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| General (somesthetic) senses |
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skin, muscles, tendons, joint capsule, viscera
touch, pressure, stretch, heat, cold, pain, blood pressure and composition |
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limited to the head, innervated by cranial nerves
taste, smell, vision, hearing, equilibrium |
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Respond to stimuli outside the body
Near or at the body surface
Touch, pressure, pain, temperature, vision, hearing, taste, smell |
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Respond to stimuli within the body
Viscera and blood vessels
Produce feelings of visceral pain, nausea, stretch |
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sense position/movements of body parts
Restricted location:skeletal muscles, joints, tendons & ligaments
Muscle spindles, Golgi tendon organs |
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