Mechanoreceptors |
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| Bulbs, Krause's End; Corpuscle, Meissner's; Corpuscles, Ruffini's; End Bulbs, Krause's; Krause End Bulbs; Krauses End Bulbs; Mechanoreceptor; Meissner Corpuscle; Meissners Corpuscle; Neurotendinous Spindle; Organs, Golgi Tendon; Receptor, Stretch | |
| Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptors include HAIR CELLS, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures. | |