NALT

Preferred term

chemoreceptors

Topic

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.

sensory receptors

taste receptors

chemoreceptive cells
chemoreceptor cells
pheromone receptors

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

7922

Spanish

quimiorreceptores
receptores de feromonas

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 4/13/15