1) Sensory receptor
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A nociceptor is a receptor of a sensory neuron (nerve cell) that responds to potentially damaging stimuli by sending signals to the spinal cord and brain. This process, called nociception, usually causes the perception of pain. ==History== Nociceptors were discovered by Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906. In earlier centuries, scientists believed t...
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(from the article `nervous system, human`) ...or olfactory receptors), or found in the body itself (detectors of glucose or of acid-base balance in the blood). Receptors of the skin are ... ...usually difficult to localize, associated with inner organs. The sensory structures of pain spots in the skin differ from other receptors in that...
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A peripheral nerve organ or mechanism for the reception and transmission of painful or injurious stimuli. ... Origin: noci-+ L. Capio, to take ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(no″sĭ-sep´tәr) a receptor for pain, stimulated by various kinds of tissue injury. adj., nocicep´tive., adj.
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Pain receptor. Many nociceptors respond to capsaicin.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: nō′si-sep′tŏr, -tōr Definitions: 1. A peripheral nerve organ or mechanism for the reception and transmission of painful or injurious stimuli.
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nociceptor 1. A class of sense organs uniquely excited by noxious stimuli that threaten or produce actual tissue damage. 2. A receptor that is stimulated by injury; a receptor for pain. The pain circuit extends from the body's periphery; including the skin and other tissues outside the central nervous system; to the spinal cord and the brain. In...
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