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Sensory Mechanism. Marie Černá. Five categories. Mechanoreceptors - muscle spindle - hair cell in ear Pain receptors (nociceptors) Thermoreceptors Chemoreceptors - gustatory (taste) - olfactory (smell) Electromagnetic receptors - photoreceptors.
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Sensory Mechanism Marie Černá
Five categories • Mechanoreceptors - muscle spindle - hair cell in ear • Pain receptors (nociceptors) • Thermoreceptors • Chemoreceptors - gustatory (taste) - olfactory (smell) • Electromagnetic receptors - photoreceptors
Retina Photoreceptors Neurons
Mechanism of hearing Semicircular canals Vibrations, caused by sound waves, in the tympanic membrane are conducted via 3 small bones to the oval window and create pressure waves in the cochlear fluid - perilymph. The waves pass through the vestibular canal to the apex of the cochlea, then back toward the base of the cochlea via the tympanic canal and end on the round window. Cochlea
As the basilar membrane vibrates, hair cells repeatedly brush against the tectorial membrane. This stimulus causes hair cells to depolarize. Perilymph
Literature Biology, eighth edition, Campbell, Reece Unit seven: Animal Form and Function Chapter 50: Sensory and Motor Mechanisms Concept 50.1, 50.2, 50.3, 50.4 Pages 1087 – 1105