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receptor
(redirected from Cutaneous receptor)

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receptor
Physiol a sensory nerve ending that changes specific stimuli into nerve impulses

receptor [ri′sep·tər]
(biochemistry)
A site or structure in a cell which combines with a drug or other biological to produce a specific alteration of cell function.
(physiology)
A sense organ.


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79) In addition, due to their relatively large size, the majority of studies involving the effects of age on cutaneous receptor decline have involved PCs and MCs.
 
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