What are the different sensory structures and what are each of them able to detect?
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The question asks about the different sensory structures associated with the senses of taste and smell, and what they are capable of detecting.
Answer
Sensory structures like hair follicles, Meissner and Pacinian corpuscles, detect various stimuli such as touch, vibration, and texture.
Sensory structures in the human body include hair follicles for light touch, Meissner corpuscles for slipping objects, Pacinian corpuscles for vibration, Merkel complexes for texture, Ruffini corpuscles for stretch, and receptors for special senses like taste and smell.
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Sensory structures in the human body include hair follicles for light touch, Meissner corpuscles for slipping objects, Pacinian corpuscles for vibration, Merkel complexes for texture, Ruffini corpuscles for stretch, and receptors for special senses like taste and smell.
More Information
Human sensory structures are diverse and specialized to detect different kinds of stimuli, contributing to our perception of the environment.
Sources
- The web page with info on - Example Source - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Sensory nervous system - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org
- 11.7: Human Senses - Biology LibreTexts - bio.libretexts.org
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