sensory receptor
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012451
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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_receptor ]
Synonyms: peripheral ending of sensory neuron
Term info
- UMLS:C0682664 (ncithesaurus:Somatosensory_Receptor)
- SCTID:70402007
- NCIT:C13819
- MESH:D011984
- Wikipedia:Sensory_receptor
- FMA:84650
sensory nerve ending
uberon
UBERON:0012451
Sensory receptor