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chemoreceptor

NOUN
  1. a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli

How To Use chemoreceptor In A Sentence

  • Thus, units with preinspiratory discharge patterns may have comparatively low thresholds to stimulation by central chemoreceptor afferent inputs relative to inspiratory units.
  • For this reason, we would not expect this to cause stimulation of the chemoreceptors, which would affect autonomic modulation.
  • These reflexes are initiated by the excitation of duodenal mucosal chemoreceptors to acid, fats, and osmotic pressure in the luminal contents.
  • There are two primary forms of chemoreceptors: gustatory and olfactory, which are responsible for the senses of taste and smell.
  • Turbellarians sense their environment with statocysts, chemoreceptors, and photoreceptors.
  • This response is mediated primarily through the peripheral chemoreceptors.
  • This is quite modest at low work rates - except when the carotid chemoreceptors are sensitized, such as during sojourns at high altitude.
  • Central chemoreceptors are distributed at many locations within the brainstem.
  • The authors mention only central cortical and subcortical structures involved in arousal mechanisms, without referring to peripheral arterial chemoreceptors as the carotid body, the role of which in arousal from asphyxial events is widely accepted. Medlogs - Recent stories
  • The central hydrogen ion chemoreceptors are somewhat redundant, sensing the same stimulus as the carotid bodies.
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