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Classification of sensory receptors

In accordance with the stimuli they accumulate, how the sensory receptors are classified?

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The sensory receptors are classified as follows:

a) Mechanoreceptors are stimulated by the pressure like touch or sound;
b) Chemoreceptors, which respond to chemical stimuli;
c) Thermoreceptors , which are sensitive to the changes of the temperature;
d) Photoreceptors are stimulated through the light;
e) Nocireceptors send pain information;
f) Proprioceptors are sensitive to spatial position of muscles and joints (they produce the information for equilibrium of body).

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