A thermoreceptor is a non-specialised sense receptor, or more accurately the receptive portion of a sensory neuron, that codes absolute and relative changes...
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mechanoreceptors (pressure or distortion), nociceptors (pain), and thermoreceptors (temperature). The sensory receptors in the skin are: Mechanoreceptors...
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reflexes lasting under 5 min in laboratory volunteers and initiated by thermoreceptors sensing rapid skin cooling. Water has a thermal conductivity 25 times...
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mechanoreceptors by type II and III sensory fibers and nociceptors and thermoreceptors by type III and IV sensory fibers. The autonomic nervous system has...
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also contains mechanoreceptors that provide the sense of touch and thermoreceptors that provide the sense of heat. In addition, hair follicles, sweat...
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temperature sensors, which are connected to nerve cells called thermoreceptors. Thermoreceptors come in two subcategories; ones that respond to cold temperatures...
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received from pain and temperature that is deemed as harmful (noxious). Thermoreceptors relay temperature information in normal circumstances. Nociceptors...
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endings) that provide the sense of touch and heat through nociceptors and thermoreceptors. It also contains the hair follicles, sweat glands, sebaceous glands...
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mechanoreceptors, muscle nerves, etc.; and temperature, which is detected by thermoreceptors. All basic tastes are classified as either appetitive or aversive,...
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pit organs, where on recently burnt trees, they deposit their eggs. Thermoreceptors on the wings and antennae of butterflies with dark pigmentation, such...
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environment. The location of these thermoreceptors is not exclusively near to the surface of the skin, some thermoreceptors are instead situated deeper in...
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because it is an acid sensing ion channel (ASIC). Somatosensory system Thermoreceptor Nociceptor Stretch sensor Vestibular system Stretch receptor Johnson...
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olfactory receptors (smell) and taste receptors, photoreceptors (vision), thermoreceptors (temperature), nociceptors (pain), hair cells (hearing and balance)...
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specialised thermoception organ. In humans, temperature sensation from thermoreceptors enters the spinal cord along the axons of Lissauer's tract that synapse...
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mechanoreceptors by type II and III sensory fibers, and nociceptors and thermoreceptors by type III and IV sensory fibers. Type Aα fibers include the type...
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receptor cells (such as mechanoreceptors, photoreceptors, chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors) in sensory organs transduct sensory information from these organs...
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Wilhelm Krause (1833–1910). The end-bulbs of Krause were thought to be thermoreceptors, sensing cold temperatures, but in early research their function remained...
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in the environment, either external or internal. Receptors include thermoreceptors and mechanoreceptors. Control centers include the respiratory center...
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Sensory nervous system (section Thermoreceptors)
categories: chemoreceptors, photoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, and thermoreceptors. All receptors receive distinct physical stimuli and transduce the...
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fibers Free nerve ending Nociceptor Pain and nociception Sensory neuron Thermoreceptor Purves, Dale; et al. (2004). Neuroscience. Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates...
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75 degrees, as well as continuous pressure states. They also act as thermoreceptors that respond for a long time, so in case of deep burn there will be...
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tip. The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, also has specialized thermoreceptors on its nose, which aid the animal in locating areas where the blood...
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of naproxen is the reduction of the responsiveness of mechano- and thermoreceptors to stimuli. Other compounds act on molecules important for the transmission...
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or danger (nociception). Thus, different free nerve endings work as thermoreceptors, cutaneous mechanoreceptors and nociceptors. In other words, they express...
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fingertips possess the highest concentration of touch receptors and thermoreceptors among all areas of the human skin, making them extremely sensitive...
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mechanoreceptors by type II and III sensory fibers, and nociceptors and thermoreceptors by type III and IV sensory fibers. Normal impulses in peripheral nerves...
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chemical milieu (chemoreceptors); and fluctuation in temperature (thermoreceptors). Deep fascia is able to respond to sensory input by contracting; by...
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at the specific temperature and pressure. While the human body has thermoreceptors in the skin that enable perception of temperature, relative humidity...
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downwards. The leathery snout is keratinised and covered in mechano- and thermoreceptors, which provide information about the surrounding environment. These...
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by cutaneous cold sensitive pathways through the Parabrachial area. Thermoreceptors in the skin detect temperature in the environment relative to body...
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