sensory endings

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• Sensory substitution — means to transform the characteristics of one sensory modality into stimuli of another sensory modality. It is hoped that sensory substitution systems can help handicapped people by restoring their ability to perceive a certain defective sensory… …   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 receptor — In a sensory system, a sensory receptor is a structure that recognizes 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… …   Wikipedia

• Sensory unit — A sensory unit is a single afferent neuron with all its receptor endings …   Wikipedia

• sensory receptor — noun an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation • Syn: ↑sense organ, ↑receptor • Ant: ↑effector (for: ↑receptor) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• epilemmal endings — sensory nerve endings in striated muscle in which the nerve endings are in close contact with the muscle fibers …   Medical dictionary

• Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy — For the gene HSN2, see HSN2. Not to be confused with Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy Classification and external resources ICD 9 356.2 OMIM …   Wikipedia

• Type Ia sensory fiber — also called Primary Afferent Fiber is a type of sensory fiber. It is a component of a muscle fiber s muscle spindle which keeps track of how fast a muscle stretch changes (the velocity of the stretch).Function of muscle spindlesIn order to… …   Wikipedia

• flower-spray endings — branched sensory nerve endings on intrafusal fibers of muscle spindles; their axons are more slender than those of annulospiral endings and they are at more peripheral locations or are confined to nuclear fibers. Called also secondary e s …   Medical dictionary

• Type II sensory fiber — (group Aβ) is a type of sensory fiber, the second of the two main groups of stretch receptors. They are non adapting, meaning that they keep responding even when the muscle has stopped changing its length. They are the second most highly… …   Wikipedia

• annulospiral endings — wide, ribbonlike sensory nerve endings wrapped around the center of intrafusal fibers of a muscle spindle; called also primary e s. See also flower spray e s …   Medical dictionary