#sense_organ__sensory_receptor__sensoryreceptor  an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
  exclusion:  effector
  supertype:  organ  a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
  part:  papilla.outgrowth
  part of:  sensory_system
  subtype:  lateral_line_organ__lateral_line__lateralline  sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water
  subtype:  interoceptor__enteroceptor  any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body
  subtype:  exteroceptor  any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body
  subtype:  third_eye__thirdeye__pineal_eye  a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
  subtype:  baroreceptor  a sensory receptor that responds to pressure
  subtype:  chemoreceptor  a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli
     subtype:  tastebud__taste_bud__tastebud__gustatory_organ__gustatoryorgan  an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
     subtype:  carotid_body__carotidbody  located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration
     subtype:  olfactory_organ__olfactoryorgan__nose  the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"
        subtype:  snout__neb  a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
           subtype:  proboscis.snout__probosci__trunk  a long flexible snout as of an elephant
        subtype:  rostrum__snout  beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
        subtype:  hooter__beak__honker__nozzle__snoot__snout__schnozzle  (US) informal terms for the nose
        subtype:  conk  (British) informal term for the nose
        subtype:  hawk_nose  a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk
        subtype:  proboscis__probosci  (informal) the human nose (especially when it is large)
        subtype:  pug_nose__pugnose  a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end
        subtype:  Roman_nose__hooknose  a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge
  subtype:  thermoreceptor  a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold
  subtype:  eye__oculu__optic__peeper  the organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye')
     subtype:  oculus_dexter__OD  the right eye
     subtype:  oculus_sinister__OS  the left eye
     subtype:  simple_eye  an eye having a single lens
     subtype:  compound_eye  in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
  subtype:  ear  the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  subtype:  organ_of_hearing  the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound
     subtype:  organ_of_Corti  the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves
  subtype:  inner_ear__innerear__internal_ear__labyrinth  a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
  subtype:  semicircular_canal  one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium
  subtype:  stretch_receptor__stretchreceptor  a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue

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