chemoreceptor

Noun
  1. A sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli (synset 105307730)
    is a type of: receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
    subtypes:
    • gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
    • carotid body - a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration
    • nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

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