单词 | proprioceptor |
释义 | proprioceptorn. Physiology. A sensory receptor which responds to stimuli arising within the body, esp. from muscle or nerve tissue; spec. one located within a muscle, tendon, or joint capsule that responds to position or movement of a part of the body. Cf. exteroceptor n., interoceptor n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [noun] > sensory structure proprioceptor1906 the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > reception or transmission of impulses > receptor of stimuli chemoreceptor1906 exteroceptor1906 interoceptor1906 nociceptor1906 photoreceptor1906 proprioceptor1906 receptor1906 radioreceptor1922 mechanoreceptor1927 phonoreceptor1934 stretch receptor1936 pressoreceptor1937 thermoreceptor1937 osmoreceptor1946 baroceptor1949 baroreceptor1951 sensor1956 chemosensor1964 1906 C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. iv. 130 The reaction of the animal to stimulation of one of its extero-ceptors excites certain tissues, and the activity thus produced in these latter tissues excites in them their receptors, which are proprioceptors. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. i. 24 The receptor organs are those parts of the living organism which are specially sensitive to the changes going on around them. Some of them are affected by the changes going on inside the body in muscles and joints and in the organ of balance (proprioceptors). 1964 J. Z. Young Model of Brain xv. 242 Proprioceptors are probably present [in octopus arms] but it is not clear how they could appropriately signal the position of the arms. 2000 Herbs for Health May–June 59 Specialized nerve receptors called proprioceptors receive and transmit information to monitor and protect the soft muscle tissue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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