Preferred Name | sensory receptor | |
Synonyms |
sensory nerve ending peripheral ending of sensory neuron |
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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. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012451 |
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alternative label |
sensory nerve ending peripheral ending of sensory neuron |
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capable of | ||
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database_cross_reference |
MESH:D011984 NCIT:C13819 Wikipedia:Sensory_receptor UMLS:C0682664 SCTID:70402007 FMA:84650 |
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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. |
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functionally related to | ||
has exact synonym |
peripheral ending of sensory neuron |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
sensory nerve ending |
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id |
UBERON:0012451 |
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label |
sensory receptor |
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notation |
UBERON:0012451 |
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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. |
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preferred label |
sensory receptor |
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prefLabel |
sensory receptor |
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subClassOf |