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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Mechanoreceptors
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Mecanorreceptores
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Mecanorreceptores
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Synonyms English:
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Golgi Tendon Organs
Krause's End Bulbs
Meissner's Corpuscle
Neurotendinous Spindles
Receptors, Stretch
Ruffini's Corpuscles
Stretch Receptors
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Tree Number:
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A08.800.550.700.500
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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DF: MECHANORECEPT
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See Related English:
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Mechanotransduction, Cellular
Proprioception
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History Note English:
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71; NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES was heading 1975-96 (see under MECHANORECEPTORS 1977-90, see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1975-76), was see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1972-74, was see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-71; GOLGI TENDON ORGANS was see NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES 1994-96; KRAUSE'S END BULBS & RUFFINI'S CORPUSCLES were see THERMORECEPTORS 1979-93; were see under THERMORECEPTORS 1975-78; were see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1972-74; were see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-71
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8634
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Unique Identifier:
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D008465
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