Preferred Name

chemoreceptor

Synonyms
Definitions

A sensory receptor that detects chemical stimulus within the body.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0018391

capable of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0050907

capable of part of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0050907

database_cross_reference

FMA:85604

definition

A sensory receptor that detects chemical stimulus within the body.

external_definition

Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptors may monitor external stimuli, as in taste and olfaction, or internal stimuli, such as the concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.

functionally related to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0050907

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0018391

label

chemoreceptor

notation

UBERON:0018391

note

A sensory receptor that detects chemical stimulus within the body.

preferred label

chemoreceptor

prefLabel

chemoreceptor

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0018389

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

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