Preferred Name

sensory receptor
Synonyms

sensory nerve ending

peripheral ending of sensory neuron

Definitions

A sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. In response to stimuli the sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or action potentials in the same cell or in an adjacent one.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012451

alternative label

sensory nerve ending

peripheral ending of sensory neuron

capable of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0051606

capable of part of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0051606

database_cross_reference

MESH:D011984

NCIT:C13819

Wikipedia:Sensory_receptor

UMLS:C0682664

SCTID:70402007

FMA:84650

definition

A sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. In response to stimuli the sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or action potentials in the same cell or in an adjacent one.

functionally related to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0051606

has exact synonym

peripheral ending of sensory neuron

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

sensory nerve ending

id

UBERON:0012451

label

sensory receptor

notation

UBERON:0012451

note

A sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. In response to stimuli the sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or action potentials in the same cell or in an adjacent one.

preferred label

sensory receptor

prefLabel

sensory receptor

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012453

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