CHAPTER 16: SPECIAL SENSES

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Sensory receptor

A cell or nerve ending that detects a stimulus, such as touch, heat, or light.

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Transduction

Converting a stimulus into an electrical signal in a sensory receptor.

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Perception

The brains conscious awareness and interpretation of sensory information.

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Adaption

A decrease in a receptors response to a constant stimulus—like noticing your clothes less after putting them on.

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Phasic receptor

A rapidly adapting receptor that responds mainly when a stimulus starts, stops, or changes.

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Receptive field

The area where a stimulus can change the activity of a particular sensory neuron.

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