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Mechanoreceptors

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Definition: Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptor cells include the INNER EAR hair cells, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures.  DF: MECHANORECEPT   
See Also Mechanotransduction, Cellular; Proprioception
Examples Golgi-Mazzoni Corpuscles; Merkel Cells; Muscle Spindles; Neuroepithelial Cells; Pacinian Corpuscles; Pressoreceptors; Pulmonary Stretch Receptors 		Other names Stretch Receptors; Ruffini's Corpuscles; Receptors, Stretch; Neurotendinous Spindles; Meissner's Corpuscle; Krause's End Bulbs; Golgi Tendon Organs; Tendon Organs, Golgi; Stretch Receptor; Spindles, Neurotendinous; Spindle, Neurotendinous; Ruffinis Corpuscles; Ruffini Corpuscles; Receptor, Stretch; Organs, Golgi Tendon; Neurotendinous Spindle; Meissners Corpuscle; Meissner Corpuscle; Mechanoreceptor Cell; Mechanoreceptor

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