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Mechanoreceptors

An anatomical structure made of free or encapsulated endings of neurons and their associated cells responding to mechanical pressure or strain

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Images referencing Mechanoreceptors

3 images from works
  • Outer hair cells damaged by kanamycin
  • Hair cell of inner ear
  • Stereocilia showing tip links

Works from the collections

7 works

    • Books

    Pacemakers in relation to aspects of behavior / by Hudson Hoagland.

    Hoagland, Hudson, 1899-1982. | Date: 1935
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Hair cell of inner ear

    Dr David Furness
    • Books
    • Online

    Sopra due speciali modi d'innervazione degli organi di Golgi con riguardo speciale alla struttura del tendinetto dell'Organo muscolo-tendineo ed alla maniera di comportarsi delle fibre nervose vasomotorie nel perimisio del gatto : considerazioni fisiologiche sul senso specifico muscolare / Angelo Ruffini.

    Ruffini, Angelo, 1864-1929. | Date: [1898?]
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    • Online

    Stereocilia showing tip links

    Dr David Furness
    • Books
    • Online

    Sul rapporto dei corpuscoli di Pacini modificati cogli organi muscolo-tendinei di Golgi e su di uno speciale modo di aggruppamento dei medesimi nel perimisio dell'uomo e dello scoiattolo / Gino Picconi.

    Picconi, Gino. | Date: [1901]

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Ear, Inner

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