Chemoreceptor

Chemoreceptor

A receptor that is stimulated by the presence of certain chemical substances.

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Category: Coral reefs
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chemoreceptor

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A receptor that is stimulated by the presence of certain chemical substances.

chemoreceptors

Agriculture; General agriculture

Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptors may monitor external stimuli, as in taste and olfaction, ...

chemoreceptor

Biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology

A molecular structure on the surface of a cell that is sensitive to chemical substances, such as epinephrine released by the adrenal glands.

chemoreceptor

Science; General science

A receptor that detects the presence of particular chemicals and (in multicellular organisms) transmits this information to sensory nerves. Examples include the taste buds and the ...

chemoreceptors

Biology; Microbiology

Special protein receptors in the plasma membrane or periplasmic space that bind chemicals and trigger the appropriate chemotaxic response.

chemoreceptor cell

Medical; Health care; Medicine

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 ...

nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...