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What are Nociceptors sensitive to?

Nociceptors are sensitive to potentially damaging stimuli such as mechanical, chemical, or thermal stimuli. They detect noxious stimuli and convert them into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain, where pain sensation is perceived.


What is another name for nociceptors?

Nociceptors are also known as pain receptors. These specialized nerve cells detect potentially damaging stimuli and send signals to the brain warning of potential tissue damage, resulting in the sensation of pain.


What kind of receptor involves backing into a sun heated iron railing?

Thermal nociceptors are the type of receptor that would be involved in backing into a sun-heated iron railing. These receptors detect potentially damaging stimuli, such as extreme temperatures, and send signals to the brain to elicit a pain response.


Name 2 sensory organs that can detect stimuli from distant objects?

Eyes and ears, because the other three senses are not possible to detect a distance object.


What does chemoreceptores mean?

Chemoreceptores can detect chemical stimuli.


What kind of cell detect stimuli?

sensory cells


What part of the skin enables to detect stimuli?

The epidermis.


What means chemoreceptor?

Chemoreceptores can detect chemical stimuli.


What are he neuron called that detect stimuli in the skin and eyes?

sensory


Neurons dectecting stimuli in the skin and eyes are?

In the skin, neurons that detect stimuli are called mechanoreceptors for touch, nociceptors for pain, and thermoreceptors for temperature. In the eyes, neurons that detect light stimuli are called photoreceptors, specifically rods and cones located in the retina.


What are neurons called that detect stimuli in skin and eyes?

sensory neurons


WHAT send signals that cause me to pull my hand away when I touch a sharp object?

Nociceptors, a specialized type of sensory nerve endings in your skin, detect potentially damaging stimuli like sharp objects. When activated, nociceptors send electrical signals to your spinal cord and brain alerting you to the potential harm, triggering a reflex action that causes you to quickly pull your hand away to avoid injury.