Anatomy

Chemoreceptor Cells

Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptor cells may monitor external stimuli, as in TASTE and OLFACTION, or internal stimuli, such as the concentrations of OXYGEN and CARBON DIOXIDE in the blood.

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Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptor cells may monitor external stimuli, as in TASTE and OLFACTION, or internal stimuli, such as the concentrations of OXYGEN and CARBON DIOXIDE in the blood.

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7 entry terms
  • Chemoreceptive Cells
  • Cell, Chemoreceptive
  • Cell, Chemoreceptor
  • Cells, Chemoreceptive
  • Cells, Chemoreceptor
  • Chemoreceptive Cell
  • Chemoreceptor Cell

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note category: do not confuse with chemoreceptor proteins

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History Note

2009 (1968)

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Previous Indexing

  • Sensory Receptor Cells (1966-1967)

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WL 102.9

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chemoreceptor Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002628. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002628
  2. Chemoreceptor Cells. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemoreceptor
  3. Chemoreceptor Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069641