peripheral nervous system
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What is sensation?
The process initiated by stimuli acting on sensory receptors.
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What are the four types of sensory receptors?
Mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, photoreceptors, and nociceptors.
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What do mechanoreceptors detect?
Compression, bending, stretching of cells (touch, pressure, hearing, balance).
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What do chemoreceptors detect?
Molecules that bind to receptors on membranes (taste, smell).
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What do photoreceptors detect?
Light (vision)
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What do nociceptors detect?
Pain due to mechanical, chemical, or thermal damage.
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