These receptors are called nociceptors.
They are called "sense cells" and communicate information mainly to the brain, but sometimes to the autonomic nervous system. They include cells for seeing (optic), hearing (auditory), taste (gustatory), small (olfactory), and touch (tactile) - tactile cells detect heat, pressure, and injury (pain).
Taste - gustatory receptors (taste buds) Vision - optical receptors (retina and optic nerve) Hearing - phono receptors (cochlea - inner ear) Smell - olfactory receptors (nose) Touch - tactile receptors (skin, tongue) (Also : Heat - thermo receptors.)
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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.
Sight-Eyes, Sound-Ears, Smell-Nose, Taste-Tongue, Touch-Skin
They are called "sense cells" and communicate information mainly to the brain, but sometimes to the autonomic nervous system. They include cells for seeing (optic), hearing (auditory), taste (gustatory), small (olfactory), and touch (tactile) - tactile cells detect heat, pressure, and injury (pain).
The sense organ of touching is skin.
Tactile receptors, baroreceptors, and proprioceptors
Merkel cells or Merkel-Ranvier cells = light touch Meissner's or tactile corpuscles = light touch Vater-Pacini corpuscules = vibratory pressure and touch, deep pressure
Taste - gustatory receptors (taste buds) Vision - optical receptors (retina and optic nerve) Hearing - phono receptors (cochlea - inner ear) Smell - olfactory receptors (nose) Touch - tactile receptors (skin, tongue) (Also : Heat - thermo receptors.)
A tactile corpuscle is a type of sensory receptor found in the skin that responds to mechanical pressure and touch. They are sensitive to light touch and vibration, and help the brain to perceive sensations of texture and pressure on the skin.
tactile (Merkel) discs
tactile (Merkel) discs
The scientific names for the 5 senses are: 1. Sight- Vision (Visual) 2. Hearing- Audition (Auditory) 3. Taste- Gustation (Gustatory) 4. Smell- Olfaction (Olfactory) 5. Touch- Tactition (Tactile)
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They are called "sense cells" and communicate information mainly to the brain, but sometimes to the autonomic nervous system. They include cells for seeing (optic), hearing (auditory), taste (gustatory), small (olfactory), and touch (tactile) - tactile cells detect heat, pressure, and injury (pain).
Human hairs have touch receptors that wrap around their roots, so they help in tactile sensory reception.