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A stretch receptor is classified as a a chemoreceptor b mechanoreceptor c photoreceptor d thermoreceptor e all of these?
A stretch receptors is classified as a mechanoreceptor.
What receptor will respond when vessel walls stretch?
A baroreceptor responds to stretch.
What is a type of receptor that responds to changes in stretch of skeletal muscle and initiates a stretch reflex?
Muscle spindle receptors which are located in the belly's of muscles measure length of stretch and speed of change. They send this afferent neural information to the posterior horn of the spinal cord where and interneuron interprets the information and if the stretch is ballistic (if it changes length too rapidly) it will trigger an efferent motor unit, or many motor units, through the anterior horn of the spinal cord to contract the muscle.
What classification of medication is Pepcid classified as?
It is considered an "H2 receptor blocker" in the stomach.
Is soma a benzodiazepine?
No, it is somewhat similar but it is a anxiolytic that works on the GABAA receptor (like benzo's) but it is a classified as a Carbamate.
What are important tissue receptor tumor markers?
estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, interleukin-2 receptor, and epidermal growth factor receptor.
Which receives signals a fluid mosaic model or a receptor?
a receptor
What is serpentine receptor?
A serpentine receptor is a receptor in the cell membrane that plays a role in signal transduction.
What binds to a signal molecule enabling the cell to respond to the signal molecule?
receptor proteins bind to signal molecules
Is CD4 an adhesion molecule?
The glycoprotein CD4 is a co-receptor. A co-receptor is "a cell surface receptor, which, when bound to its respective ligand, modulates antigen receptor binding or affects cellular activation after antigen-receptor interactions." (MediLexicon)
What is sensorys receptor for smell?
the receptor cells in the olfactory membrane.....
What receptor does aroma therapy stimulate?
What receptor is stimulated by aromatherapy
