...body organs and detect physiological changes, e.g....
...g. we can detect different levels of...
...muscles. Hair cells detect motion. They are...
...to light. Electroreceptors detect electrical energy. Thermoreceptors...
...electrical energy. Thermoreceptors detect changes in temperature....
...surface. These receptors detect food molecules dissolved...
...potential. Humans can detect seven main groups...
...the epidermis. They detect light intensity and...
...allow them to detect predators. Humans have...
...light but cannot detect color. Rods are...
...cell. Bipolar cells detect the change and...

...the diet Animals detect food with different...
...and olfactory receptors detect chemical stimuli Various...
...stimuli Various receptors detect energy emitted by,...

...location: Telereceptors – detect distant stimuli, e.g.,...
...hearing Exteroceptors – detect stimuli on the...
...temperature Interoceptors – detect stimuli inside the...
...the receptors can detect (stimulus modality) Chemoreceptors...
...among stimuli or detect the strength of...
...– interoceptors that detect pressure changes; vertebrate...
...– exteroceptors that detect touch, pressure, and...
...mechanoreceptors Equilibrium (“balance”) Detect position of the...
...to gravity Hearing Detect and interpret sound...
...Hair Cells Can detect movement, direction, and...
...>100,000 hair cells Detect linear acceleration and...
...embedded in matrix Detect angular acceleration (turning)...
...inner ear Maculae Detect Linear Acceleration and...
...oriented vertically Cristae Detect Angular Acceleration Figure...
...Inner hair cells detect sound Outer hair...
...sound intensity to detect location of sound...
...6.27 Ability to detect visible light A...
...infrared Ability to detect this range of...
...are complex organs Detect direction of light...
...their ability to detect contrasts between light...
...Thermal nociceptors – detect painfully hot stimuli...
...of vipers can detect temperature changes of...
...Magneto: Ability to detect magnetic fields e.g.,...

...Many sensory receptors detect stimuli from outside...
...sensitivity and can detect the smallest physical...
...light receptors can detect a single quantum...
...chemical receptors can detect a single molecule....
...tissue. Receptors that detect light touch are...
...general receptors that detect changes in the...
...moth, where they detect the components of...
...ions. Electromagnetic receptors detect electromagnetic energy such...
...infrared detectors that detect the body heat...
...how sensory cells detect temperature. Hot peppers...
...hearing and equilibrium detect moving fluid or...
...mammalian inner ear detect body movement, position,...
...inner ear can detect forward and back,...
...to the utricle detect turning of the...
...planes, they can detect angular motion of...
...the inner ear detect pressure waves in...
...contains mechanoreceptors that detect low-frequency waves by...
...on chemoreceptors that detect specific chemicals in...
...taste buds can detect any of the...
...of cells that detect only the direction...
...some insects can detect flickering at a...