sensory receptors
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mechanoreceptors
detects pressure, tension, vibration, found in skin, muscle/tendons (proprioceptors), ear (hair cells), blood vessels (baroreceptors)
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photoreceptors
detect light, found in eye (rods and cones)
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pain receptors
detect tissue damage (except in brain) “nociceptors”
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thermoreceptors
detects temperature changes in skin (external), hypothalamus (internal)
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thermoreceptors
detects temperature changes in skin (external), hypothalamus (internal)
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chemoreceptor
detects presence of different chemicals, found in tongue (taste buds), nose (olfactory cells), circ system (CO2/pH)
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