#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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