#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
subtype: #lateral_line_organ #interoceptor #exteroceptor #third_eye #baroreceptor #chemoreceptor #thermoreceptor {#eye #ear} (menu) #organ_of_hearing #inner_ear #semicircular_canal #stretch_receptor
part of: #sensory_system
part: #papilla.outgrowth a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue"
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