sensory bulb

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• Sensory neuron — Sensory neurons are neurons that are activated by sensory input (vision, touch, hearing, etc.), and send projections into the central nervous system that convey sensory information to the brain or spinal cord. Unlike neurons of the central… …   Wikipedia

• sensory reception, human — Introduction  means by which humans react to changes in external and internal environments.   Ancient philosophers called the human senses “the windows of the soul,” and Aristotle described at least five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and… …   Universalium

• Sensory system — See also sense A sensory system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in sensory perception. Commonly… …   Wikipedia

• bulb — 1. Any globular or fusiform structure. SYN: bulbus [TA]. 2. A short, vertical underground stem of plants, such as onion and garlic. [L. bulbus, a bulbous root] aortic b. [TA] the dilated first part of the aorta containing the aort …   Medical dictionary

• Olfactory bulb — Brain: Olfactory bulb Vesalius Fabrica, 1543. Olfactory Bulbs and Olfactory tracts outlined in red …   Wikipedia

• end bulb — noun 1. also end corpuscle : one of the bulbous bodies in which some of the sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes 2. : bouton * * * Anat. any of various types of oval or rounded structures occurring at the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve — Brain: Principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (Trigeminal nerve nuclei are at V .) Latin nucleus principalis nervi trigemini Gray s …   Wikipedia

• End bulb — End End ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tentacular bulb — (CNIDARIA) Swelling at the base of a medusoid tentacle that serves primarily in digestion and manufacture of nematocysts and sometimes bears an ocellus or other sensory structure; ocellar bulb …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• reversed conductibility of the sensory pathways —    The name of a classic explanatory model for the mediation of perceptive hallucinations, i.e. hallucinations which are projected outwards and which therefore appear embedded in sense impressions from the external environment. During the late… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• end bulb — n a bulbous termination of a sensory nerve fiber (as in the skin or in a mucous membrane) compare KRAUSE S CORPUSCLE * * * encapsulated nerve ending …   Medical dictionary