receptor cell

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receptor
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈsep.tər/us
/-tɚ/
a nerve ending that reacts to a change, such as heat or cold, in the body by sending a message to the central ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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However, the receptor-independent process involves the diffusion of bitter, amphiphilic chemicals like quinine across the tastereceptorcellmembranes.
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An acoustic stimulus produces a simultaneous change in conductance at the membrane of thereceptorcell.
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Areceptorcellconverts the energy in a stimulus into a change in the electrical potential across its membrane.
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An additional kind ofreceptorcellis found in the wing membrane of species that use their wings to catch prey.
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As the cells were examined in detail, certain features were distinguishable for each type ofreceptorcell.
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Thisreceptorcellis sensitive to the stretching of the membrane.
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Species with different numbers ofreceptorcelltypes would have color vision requiring a different number of primaries.
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The donor cell is set at a specific temperature (the temperature of the environment), while thereceptorcellis set at different one (temperature of the body).
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First, the input information is shattered to pieces as it is spread out over thousands or even millions of receptor cells.
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Enduring changes in dopamine receptor cells of pups from drug administration to pregnant and nursing rats.
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Afferent nerves make contact with the receptor cells at the base of the taste bud.
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The human tongue has 100 to 150 taste receptor cells on each of its roughly ten thousand taste buds.
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The receptive field is the specific part of the world to which a receptor organ and receptor cells respond.
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The olfactory receptor cells, otherwise known as the primary olfactory neurons, are in the neuroepithilium.
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The neurotransmitters rapidly diffuse and combine with the receptor cells in their specific locations.
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Blue and green receptor cells have more shallow fibers.
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Receptor cells produce an electrical change in response to a physical stimulus.
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Another possible mechanism underlying tinnitus is damage to the receptor cells.
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These three cell types are the receptor cells, supporting cells and basal cells.
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It has also been found to induce tumor growth of the estrogen receptor cells in the breast.
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