What is a Mechanoreceptor in anatomy?
What is a Mechanoreceptor in anatomy? Mechanoreceptors are a type of somatosensory receptors which relay extracellular stimulus to intracellular signal transduction through mechanically gated ion channels. The external stimuli are usually in the form of touch, pressure, stretching, sound waves, and motion. What is Mechanoreceptor in biology? Mechanoreceptors detect stimuli such as touch, pressure, vibration, […]