Sensory Systems: 5 Types of Receptors + Five Senses
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"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
