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Classification of Receptors by Stimulus
Sensory receptor table
Sensory receptors with corresponding stimuli to which they respond.
This is a list of sensory receptors with the corresponding stimuli to which they respond. The ampullae of Lorenzini receptor responds to stimulus from electric fields, salinity, and to temperature; baroreceptors respond to pressure in blood vessels; chemoreceptors respond to chemical stimuli; electromagnetic radiation receptors respond to electrofields; hydroreceptors respond to humidity; infrared receptors respond to infrared radiation; magnetocreceptors respond to magnetic fields; mechanoreceptors respond to mechanical stress or strain; nociceptors respond to damage to body tissues; osmoreceptors respond to the osmolarity of fluids; photoreceptors respond to visible light; proprioceptors respond to the sense of position; thermoreceptors respond to temperature; and ultraviolet receptors respond to ultraviolet radiation.
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