A mechanoreceptor, also called mechanoceptor, is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. Mechanoreceptors are innervated... 22 KB (2,660 words) - 22:49, 26 April 2024 |
A mechanoreceptor is a sensory organ or cell that responds to mechanical stimulation such as touch, pressure, vibration, and sound from both the internal... 7 KB (943 words) - 02:24, 11 November 2023 |
corpuscle, Ruffini ending or Ruffini corpuscle is a slowly adapting mechanoreceptor located in the cutaneous tissue between the dermal papillae and the... 3 KB (326 words) - 16:13, 26 February 2024 |
Areola (section Mechanoreceptors) Breastfeeding by the baby stimulates slowly and rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors that are densely packed around the areolar region. Paget's disease... 6 KB (622 words) - 17:36, 23 April 2024 |
organs of gastropods include olfactory organs, eyes, statocysts and mechanoreceptors. Gastropods have no hearing. In terrestrial gastropods (land snails... 48 KB (5,023 words) - 03:16, 7 April 2024 |
proper blood pressure can be maintained. Baroreceptors are a type of mechanoreceptor sensory neuron that are excited by a stretch of the blood vessel. Thus... 8 KB (1,094 words) - 15:26, 4 September 2023 |
Ankle (section Mechanoreceptors) from the inferior extensor retinaculum to the calcaneus.: 1418–9 Mechanoreceptors of the ankle send proprioceptive sensory input to the central nervous... 24 KB (3,153 words) - 23:28, 12 February 2024 |