Chemoreceptor Cell

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• olfactory neuron

Introduction

• Any cell activated by a change in its chemical milieu, resulting in an action potential.

• Chemoreceptor cells may be:

• transducer cells innervated by sensory nerve fibers

• gustatory chemoreceptors of the taste buds
• cells in the carotid body sensitive to changes in oxygen & CO2 content of the blood

• classical neurons

• olfactory chemoreceptors of the olfactory mucosa
• neurons in the brainstem sensitive to changes in the chemical milieu of the blood or CSF

More General Terms

• neuron

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

chemoreceptor cell