Other terms
Mechanoreceptor,Mechanoreceptor Cells,Cell, Mechanoreceptor,Cells, Mechanoreceptor,Mechanoreceptor Cell,Stretch Receptors,Receptor, Stretch,Stretch Receptor,Receptors, Stretch,Neurotendinous Spindles,Neurotendinous Spindle,Spindle, Neurotendinous,Spindles, Neurotendinous,Golgi Tendon Organs,Organs, Golgi Tendon,Tendon Organs, Golgi,Ruffini's Corpuscles,Corpuscles, Ruffini's,Ruffini Corpuscles,Ruffinis Corpuscles,Krause's End Bulbs,Bulbs, Krause's End,End Bulbs, Krause's,Krause End Bulbs,Krauses End Bulbs,Meissner's Corpuscle,Corpuscle, Meissner's,Meissner Corpuscle,Meissners Corpuscle
Description
Mechanoreceptors: Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptor cells include the INNER EAR hair cells, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures.
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