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Mechanoreceptors
Golgi Tendon Organs | Krause' | s End Bulbs | Meissner' | s Corpuscle | Neurotendinous Spindles | Receptors, Stretch | Ruffini' | s Corpuscles | Stretch Receptors | Bulbs, Krause' | s End | Corpuscle, Meissner' | s | End Bulbs, Krause' | s
Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptors include HAIR CELLS, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures. |
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