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senses
Also known as: sense perception, sensory reception, sensory system
compound eye
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- Also called:
- sensory reception or sense perception
- Related Topics:
- human ear
- olfactory system
- sensory neuron
- taste bud
- eye
senses, means by which animals detect and respond to stimuli in their internal and external environments. The senses of animals are most usefully described in terms of the kind of physical energy, or modality, involved. There are four main modalities: the light senses (photoreception; i.e., vision), the mechanical senses (mechanoreception; i.e., touch, balance, and hearing), the chemical senses (chemoreception; i.e., taste and smell), and the electric sense (electroreception) of certain fish. In addition to these external senses there are also internal senses that use the same modalities. For example, there are proprioceptors, which are mechanical sensors that measure the lengths ...(100 of 2655 words)