loading...| Preferred Name |
sensory receptor |
| Synonyms |
sensory nerve ending peripheral ending of sensory neuron |
| Definitions |
A sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. In response to stimuli the sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or action potentials in the same cell or in an adjacent one. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012451 |
| capable of | |
| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:70402007 UMLS:C0682664 FMA:84650 Wikipedia:Sensory_receptor NCIT:C13819 MESH:D011984 |
| definition |
A sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. In response to stimuli the sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or action potentials in the same cell or in an adjacent one. |
| has exact synonym |
peripheral ending of sensory neuron |
| has related synonym |
sensory nerve ending |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0012451 |
| label |
sensory receptor |
| notation |
UBERON:0012451 |
| prefLabel |
sensory receptor |
| subClassOf |