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  • Sensory Organs: Understanding Receptor Cells & How They Work
    An organ that contains receptor cells is called a sensory organ.

    Here's why:

    * Receptor cells are specialized cells that detect stimuli from the environment. These stimuli can be light, sound, touch, taste, smell, temperature, pain, or pressure.

    * Sensory organs are structures that house these receptor cells and allow them to effectively detect and transmit sensory information to the nervous system.

    Examples of sensory organs include:

    * Eyes: Contain photoreceptor cells that detect light.

    * Ears: Contain mechanoreceptor cells that detect sound waves.

    * Skin: Contains various mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, and nociceptors that detect touch, temperature, and pain.

    * Tongue: Contains chemoreceptors that detect taste.

    * Nose: Contains chemoreceptors that detect smell.

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