Sensory Systems: 5 Types of Receptors + Five Senses

"The Five Senses"

A misnomer; there exists several 'subsenses' to most of them

Chemoreceptors

Detect chemicals (smell and taste)

Photoreceptors

Detect color, light, and motion

Mechanoreceptors

Detect compression, bending and stretching

Nociceptors

Detect pain (chemical, mechanical, and thermal)

Thermoreceptors

Detect temperature (hot and cold)

Sense: Touch

Subsence: Pressure, temperature, pain, equilibrium proporioreception

Sense: Sight

Subsense: Light/dark, color, motion

Sense: Smell

Subsense: Olfaction

Sense: Hearing

Subsense: Sound waves

Sense: Taste

Subsense: Sweet, sour, bitter, salty

Sensory System

Tissues and structures that work together to provide organisms with information about their environment