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| sensitivity to temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibrations and prrioception |
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| information received by the sensory receptors |
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| the conscious awareness of a sensation |
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| general sensory receptors in the skin, mucous membranes, and special sense organs that provide information about the external environment and about our position within in |
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| a receptor located in a muscle or tendon; concerned with locomotion, posture, and muscle tone |
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| sensory receptor monitoring the functions and status of internal organs and systems |
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| specialized receptor cells that respond to light energy |
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| (1) adaptation in response to differences or changing needs; (2) adjustment of the eye for seeing objects at close range |
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| bend; usually refers to light |
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| receptors sensitive to mechanical pressures such as touch, sound, or contractions |
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| receptor sensitive to various chemicals in solution |
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| sense that reports on angular or rotator movements of the head in space |
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| balance concerned with changes in the position of the head |
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| the receptor responsible for baroreception |
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| pertaining to the sense of touch |
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| chemical messenger secreted by endocrine glands; responsible for specific regulatory effects on certain parts or organs |
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| specific cells that posess the receptors needed to find and “read” the hormonal messages as they arrive |
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| gland that has ducts through which its secretions are carried to a body surface (skin or mucosa |
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| ductless gland that empties its hormonal products directly into the blood |
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| a hormone that regulates the function of another endocrine organ |
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| a corrective mechanism that opposes or negates a variation from normal limits |
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