| Sensory
Systems |
| Modality |
| Stimulus |
| Receptors |
| Receptor Class |
| Vision |
| Light |
| Photoreceptors |
| Rods, cones |
| Audition |
| Sound |
| Mechanoreceptor |
| Hair cells (cochlea) |
| Vestibular |
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| Gravity, |
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| Mechanoreceptors |
| Hair cells (vestibular
labyrinth) |
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| Touch |
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| Proprioception |
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| Temperature |
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| Dorsal root
ganglion neurons |
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| Cutaneous
mechanoreceptors |
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| Muscle and joint
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| Cold and warm
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| Chemical,
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| Pressure |
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| Displacement |
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| Thermal |
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| Mechanoreceptor |
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| Mechanoreceptor |
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| Thermoreceptor |
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| Chemoreceptor, |
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| themoreceptor, or |
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| mechanoreceptor |
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| Chemoreceptor |
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| Taste |
| Chemical |
| Chemoreceptor |
| Taste buds |
| Smell |
| Chemical |
| Chemoreceptor |
| Olfactory sensory neurons |