sense organ

A specialized organ or structure, such as the eye, ear, tongue, nose, or skin, where sensory neurons are concentrated and that functions as a receptor. Also called sensor.

sense organ

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a structure in animals that is specialized for receiving external or internal stimuli and transmitting them in the form of nervous impulses to the brain

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In animals, an organ or part that is sensitive to a stimulus, as of sound, touch, or light. Sense organs include the eye, ear, and nose, as well as the taste buds on the tongue.

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sense organ - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

sensory receptor, receptor

lateral line, lateral line organ - sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water

organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

enteroceptor, interoceptor - any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body

exteroceptor - any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body

pineal eye, third eye - a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles

baroreceptor - a sensory receptor that responds to pressure

chemoreceptor - a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli

thermoreceptor - a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold

eye, oculus, optic - the organ of sight

ear - the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

organ of hearing - the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound

inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth - a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium

semicircular canal - one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium

stretch receptor - a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue

papilla - a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue"

sensory system - the body's system of sense organs

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sense organ

n → Sinnesorgan nt

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Our sense organs can change our state in a short time.

Most of Us Say Enjoy Christmas Everyday with Christmas Screensavers by devender / Health, general community

The skin is the largest sense organ of our body It is the body part that is visible to other people and the part which you ought to take care of The skin is the largest sense organ of our body.

A Must-Read Hgh-Treatment for Psoriasis by Kel. Purden / Business community

The researchers will try to mimic the sense organ found in fish, called the lateral line, which allows the fish to detect the flow of water around it and react to it.

Robo fish to shed light on how fish swim upstream by Asian News International

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