thermoreception

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thermoreception

Sensory capacity (see sense) to detect the temperature of the environment and the body. It helps keep body temperature stable by regulating autonomic responses to temperature changes (see homeostasis). Temperature sensations are generated by separate heat and cold receptors (nerve endings) in the skin. Blood-sucking insects and some snakes (e.g., the pit viper) locate prey by its thermal radiation.

thermoreception [¦thər·mō·ri′sep·shən]

(physiology)

The process by which environmental temperature affects specialized sense organs (thermoreceptors).

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