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... senses 166 Cutaneous ( skin ) senses Kinesthetic ( motion ) sense Vestibular sense ( equilibrium ) Taste ( gustatory ) sense body by specialized cells . For example , in all higher ani- mals sensory reception is the special function of ...
... senses 166 Cutaneous ( skin ) senses Kinesthetic ( motion ) sense Vestibular sense ( equilibrium ) Taste ( gustatory ) sense body by specialized cells . For example , in all higher ani- mals sensory reception is the special function of ...
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... sense cell can , if strong enough , gen- erate a nerve impulse , which will be interpreted by the central nervous system ( CNS ) as a change in the specific energy to which the cell is sensitive and will cause the same results as if the ...
... sense cell can , if strong enough , gen- erate a nerve impulse , which will be interpreted by the central nervous system ( CNS ) as a change in the specific energy to which the cell is sensitive and will cause the same results as if the ...
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... sense cell is also similar to that of the arthropod photoreceptors in that it has coarse microvilli . But the proximal sense cell of Pecten has a long nerve fibre that carries nerve impulses . The depolarizing receptor potential ...
... sense cell is also similar to that of the arthropod photoreceptors in that it has coarse microvilli . But the proximal sense cell of Pecten has a long nerve fibre that carries nerve impulses . The depolarizing receptor potential ...
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