Radovan Hudak, David Kachlik Ondre j Voln4 et al

Division according to the nature of the sti mulus:

1 Mechanoreceptors – react to mechanical sti muli (touch, pressure, vibrati on, stretch)

2 Chemoreceptors – react to chemical sti muli

3 Thermoreceptors – react to temperature

4 Photoreceptors – react to light

Receptors

– conduct signals from receptors to the CNS 

– are formed by axons of sensory neurons

– their cell bodies are located outside the CNS in the dorsal root ganglia

1 Somatosensory (somati c sensory) – transfer signals from receptors

    in the skin

 

and structures of the locomotor system

2 Viscerosensory (visceral sensory) – transfer signals from visceroreceptors in the internal organs 

3 Special sensory – carry signals from the special sense organs

    (vision, hearing, moti on and balance, smell and taste)