[specialized sensory nerve processes or epithelial structures that respond to specific kinds of stimuli in the internal or external environment; this term refers to cells and cellular structures, as opposed to the molecular and submembrane structures covered by RECEPTOR. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C0034837 Relation/PAR: nerve ending
Relation/CHD: chemoreceptor
mechanoreceptor
nociceptor
temperature receptor
visual photoreceptor