Cell
chemoreceptor cell
che·mo·re·cep·tor cell
Subclass of:
Sensory Receptor Cells
Definitions related to chemoreceptor cells:
  • (chemoreceptor) Sensory nerve endings capable of transducing chemical stimuli into neuronal impulses; do not confuse with receptor molecules, which are covered under RECEPTOR.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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