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nounan organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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nouna cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response
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eye ear receive structure organ labyrinth optic oculus sense organ sensory receptor lateral line organ organ of hearing pineal eye semicircular canal stretch receptor third eye baroreceptor chemoreceptor enteroceptor exteroceptor inner ear internal ear interoceptor lateral line thermoreceptor complex body part anatomical structure body structure bodily structure beta receptor beta-adrenoceptor alpha-adrenoceptor beta-adrenergic receptor alpha receptor alpha-adrenergic receptor