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somatic receptors and special receptors

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Q: How are sensory receptors classified?
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How are brain sensory receptors classified?

As chemical reacions


What is the sensory receptor in the eyes What is the sensory receptor in the nose What is the sensory receptors in the tongue What is the sensory receptors in the skin?

the sensory receptors for the eyes are the cornea and the optic nerve


What are specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature and touch?

These are sensory receptors. They are classified according to their function. The one for touch is Mechanoreceptor and other for teperature is thermoreceptor.


Cells called what detect changes in the environment known as stimuli?

they are called receptors.


What type of stimulus detected by touch receptor?

The criteria used to classify sensory receptors depends on the type of nerve signals associated with the sensory receptors. Olfactory receptors read chemical signals and associate them with a corresponding smell, tastebuds read chemical signals and associate them with a corresponding taste ect..


What are the sensory receptors of the eyes ears nose skin and tongue?

The receptors of the eye are photo receptors, the ear has auditory receptors, the nose has olfactory (smell) receptors, the skin has tactile (touch)and thermo- (temperature) receptors and the tongue has gustatory (taste) receptors.


What do sensory receptors enable you to do?

Sensory receptors enable you to respond to stimuli in the environment of an organism. Some sensory receptors respond to taste and smell while others respond to physical stimuli.


Are eyes nose tongue and skin sensory receptors?

The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.


Taste and smell receptors are classified as chemoreceptors because they both respond to?

Chemoreceptors are classified as sensory cells or organs that respond to chemical stimuli. The nose and tongue are both equipped with chemoreceptors.


Are the eyes ears nose tongue and skin are sensory receptors?

The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.


Are the eyes nose tongue and skin sensory receptors?

The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.


Which layer of the skin is compose of thousands of sensory receptors?

The layer of the skin that contains sensory receptors is the epidermis. There have been reports of the dermis also containing sensory receptors.