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nociceptor

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nociceptor /no·ci·cep·tor/ (-sep´ter) a receptor for pain caused by injury, physical or chemical, to body tissues.nocicep´tive
no·ci·cep·tor (ns-sptr)
n.
A sensory receptor that responds to pain.
Nociceptor
A nerve cell that is capable of sensing pain and transmitting a pain signal.
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nociceptor
[nō′sēsep′tər]
a somatic and visceral free nerve ending of thinly myelinated and unmyelinated fibers. It usually reacts to tissue injury but also may be excited by endogenous chemical substances.
nociceptor [no″se-sep´tor]
a receptor for pain, stimulated by various kinds of tissue injury. adj., adj nocicep´tive.
nociceptor (nō´sisep´tr),
n somatic and visceral free nerve endings of thinly myelinated and unmyelinated fibers. They usually react to tissue injury but also may be excited by endogenous chemical substances.
nociceptor
a receptor that is stimulated by injury; a receptor for pain.
nociceptor
Pain receptor Neurology Any of a class of periarticular and mucocutaneous sense organs and neural receptors–eg, reflex loops for reception and response to pain; located primarily in the skin or viscera, nociceptors respond to chemical, mechanical, or other stimuli
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When nociceptors are stimulated, signals are transmitted through sensory neurons in the spinal cord and are ultimately relayed to the thalamus in the brain and perception of pain takes place.
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