
Sensory Receptors Based on Type of Stimulus
উদ্দীপনার ধরনে গ্রাহক কোষের শ্রেণিবিন্যাস
গুরুত্বপূর্ণ Sensory Receptors এবং তাদের উদাহরণ
Stimulus Type উদ্দীপনার ধরন |
Receptor Type গ্রাহক |
উদাহরণ Example |
অবস্থান Location |
কার্য Function |
1️⃣ Mechanical যান্ত্রিক |
Mechanoreceptors |
✅ Meissner's corpuscle |
Dermis of skin (especially fingertips, lips) |
Light touch |
✅ Pacinian corpuscle |
Deep dermis, joints |
Pressure, vibration |
✅ Merkel's disc |
Epidermis |
Sustained touch, texture |
✅ Ruffini endings |
Skin, ligaments |
Stretch of skin |
✅ Muscle spindle |
Skeletal muscles |
Muscle stretch |
✅ Golgi tendon organ |
Tendons |
Muscle tension |
2️⃣ Thermal তাপমাত্রা |
Thermoreceptors |
✅ Krause end bulb |
Skin (cold-sensitive areas) |
Cold |
✅ Ruffini endings |
Skin |
Heat |
3️⃣ Light আলো |
Photoreceptors |
✅ Rods |
Retina of eye |
Vision in dim light (black & white) |
✅ Cones |
Retina of eye |
Color vision, sharp vision |
4️⃣ Chemical রাসায়নিক |
Chemoreceptors |
✅ Olfactory receptors |
Nasal epithelium |
Smell |
✅ Taste buds |
Tongue |
Taste |
✅ Carotid body receptors |
Near carotid artery |
Detects CO₂, O₂, pH in blood |
5️⃣ Pain ব্যথা |
Nociceptors |
✅ Free nerve endings |
All over body, especially skin |
Pain detection (thermal, mechanical, chemical injury) |
🔍 সংক্ষেপে মনে রাখার কৌশল:
- Mechanoreceptors → Touch, pressure, vibration, stretch
- Thermoreceptors → Heat/cold detection
- Photoreceptors → Light detection (eye)
- Chemoreceptors → Chemical signals: smell, taste, blood gases
- Nociceptors → Pain sensation (injury or harmful stimulus)
💡 NEET/Medical গুরুত্বপূর্ণ তথ্য:
Remember:
- Meissner's and Pacinian corpuscles are both mechanoreceptors but detect different stimuli
- Rods outnumber cones in the retina (120 million rods vs 6 million cones)
- Nociceptors can detect multiple types of harmful stimuli (polymodal)
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