Receptors and Stimuli
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- Created on: 05-03-13 21:05
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- Receptors and Stimuli
- Receptors are found in your sense organs, e.g the retina in the eye
- A stimulus is a change in our internal or external enviroment
- The receptor detects the stimulus and transduces it to form a nerve impulse
- A response is the action taken by the body once a stimulus is detected e.g blinking
- STIMULUS-RECEPTOR-SENSORY-CNS (relay)-MOTOR NEURONE-EFFECTOR-RESPONSE
- A stimulus is a change in our internal or external enviroment
- The receptor detects the stimulus and transduces it to form a nerve impulse
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