Receptors

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2012年6月7日 (木) 15:05時点におけるSoichi.Nakatake (トーク | 投稿記録)による版
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The receptors convert stimuli, such as light, into electric signal (action potentials).

For example the (retina of the) eye is a receptor. When light enters the eye, electric signal (action potentials) is generated in the nerve from the eye (optic nerve).

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Challenge Quiz

1.

Receptors generate electric signal (action potentials) when stimulated. change activity by the electric signal (action potentials) it receives .

2.

Electric signals (action potentials) are generated when receptors. effectors are stimulated.