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Chemoreceptor

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Interoperates chemical stimuli - taste and smell. They can also monitor concentration of O2 and CO2

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Thermoreceptor

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Sensitive to temperature

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Photoreceptors

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Located in the eye where they respond to light colour and movement

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Mechanoreceptor

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Responds to physical stimulus such as pressure and vibration many examples found in skin also located in inner ear to detect sound and body balance

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Baroreceptor

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Detects changes in pressure within the body such as connective tissue walls and the walls of vessels and organs

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Nociceptor

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Stimulates pain response can operate via a chemoreceptor or mechanoreceptor

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General sense

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One that is distributed throughout the body has receptor cells in other organs - mechanoreceptor: touch pain temperature

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Special sense

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Has a specific organ devoted to it such as the eye for visual input or ear for auditory or smell for olfactory