单词 | distance receptor |
释义 | > as lemmasdistance receptor distance receptor n. Physiology a sensory receptor or organ that responds to stimuli (typically visual, auditory, or olfactory) originating at a distance from an organism. ΚΠ 1904 C. S. Sherrington in Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 5 May 494/2 Distance receptors..drive the total animal; they initiate and guide precurrent reactions as contrasted with consummatory. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xii. 300 Since they [sc. gastropods] are free-moving, distance-receptors are wanted. 2007 Jrnl. Neurol. Sci. 253 3/1 The reactions to distance receptors often involve the musculature of the animal as a whole. < as lemmas |
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