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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. nervous system
  4. sensory system
  5. sensory receptors
  6. chemoreceptors
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal anatomy
  3. nervous system
  4. sensory system
  5. sensory receptors
  6. chemoreceptors
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. nervous system
  4. sensory system
  5. sensory receptors
  6. chemoreceptors
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal anatomy
  3. nervous system
  4. sensory system
  5. sensory receptors
  6. chemoreceptors
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. nervous system
  4. sensory system
  5. sensory receptors
  6. chemoreceptors
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal anatomy
  3. nervous system
  4. sensory system
  5. sensory receptors
  6. chemoreceptors

Preferred term

chemoreceptors

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptors may monitor external stimuli, as in taste and olfaction, or internal stimuli, such as the concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • chemoreceptive cells
  • chemoreceptor cells
  • pheromone receptors

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/24720

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