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Descriptor English: Thermoreceptors
Descriptor Spanish: Termorreceptores
Descriptor termorreceptores
Entry term(s) receptores de temperatura
Scope note: Receptores celulares que median la sensación de temperatura. Los termorreceptores en los vertebrados están localizados fundamentalmente debajo de la piel. En los mamíferos existen diferentes tipos de termorreceptores para el frío y el calor, y los NOCICEPTORES los cuales detectan los ambientes de calor y frío extremos y que provocan dolor.
Descriptor Portuguese: Termorreceptores
Descriptor French: Thermorécepteurs
Entry term(s): Thermoreceptor
Tree number(s): A08.675.650.915.968
A08.800.950.968
A11.671.650.915.968
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013823
Scope note: Cellular receptors which mediate the sense of temperature. Thermoreceptors in vertebrates are mostly located under the skin. In mammals there are separate types of thermoreceptors for cold and for warmth and NOCICEPTORS which detect cold or heat extreme enough to cause pain.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Receptors, Sensory (1966-1970)
Temperature Sense (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(71)
Entry Version: THERMORECEPT
Related: Body Temperature Regulation MeSH
DeCS ID: 14200
Unique ID: D013823
NLM Classification: WL 102.9
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Thermoreceptors - Preferred
Concept UI M0021309
Scope note Cellular receptors which mediate the sense of temperature. Thermoreceptors in vertebrates are mostly located under the skin. In mammals there are separate types of thermoreceptors for cold and for warmth and NOCICEPTORS which detect cold or heat extreme enough to cause pain.
Preferred term Thermoreceptors
Entry term(s) Thermoreceptor



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