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Descriptor English: Mechanoreceptors
Descriptor Spanish: Mecanorreceptores
Descriptor mecanorreceptores
Entry term(s) bulbo terminal de Krause
bulbos terminales de Krause
corpúsculo de Ruffini
corpúsculos de Meissner
célula mecanorreceptora
huso neurotendinoso
mecanorreceptor
receptor de estiramiento
receptores de estiramiento
órgano tendinoso de Golgi
Scope note: Células especializadas en transducir los estímulos mecánicos y transmitir esa información hacia el sistema nervioso. Entre las células mecanorreceptoras se incluye a las células pilosas del OÍDO INTERNO, las cuales median la audición y el equilibrio, y a los diferentes receptores somatosensitivos, que presentan a menudo estructuras accesorias no nerviosas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mecanorreceptores
Descriptor French: Mécanorécepteurs
Entry term(s): Bulb, Krause's End
Bulbs, Krause's End
Cell, Mechanoreceptor
Cells, Mechanoreceptor
Corpuscle, Meissner's
Corpuscle, Ruffini's
Corpuscles, Ruffini's
End Bulb, Krause's
End Bulbs, Krause's
Golgi Tendon Organ
Golgi Tendon Organs
Krause End Bulb
Krause End Bulbs
Krause's End Bulb
Krause's End Bulbs
Krauses End Bulb
Krauses End Bulbs
Mechanoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor Cell
Mechanoreceptor Cells
Meissner Corpuscle
Meissner's Corpuscle
Meissners Corpuscle
Neurotendinous Spindle
Neurotendinous Spindles
Organ, Golgi Tendon
Organs, Golgi Tendon
Receptor, Stretch
Receptors, Stretch
Ruffini Corpuscle
Ruffini Corpuscles
Ruffini's Corpuscle
Ruffini's Corpuscles
Ruffinis Corpuscle
Ruffinis Corpuscles
Spindle, Neurotendinous
Spindles, Neurotendinous
Stretch Receptor
Stretch Receptors
Tendon Organ, Golgi
Tendon Organs, Golgi
Tree number(s): A08.675.650.915.750
A08.800.950.750
A11.671.650.915.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008465
Scope note: Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptor cells include the INNER EAR hair cells, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nerve Endings (1966-1970)
Receptors, Sensory (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 71; NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES was heading 1975-96 (see under MECHANORECEPTORS 1977-90, see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1975-76), was see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1972-74, was see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-71; GOLGI TENDON ORGANS was see NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES 1994-96; KRAUSE'S END BULBS & RUFFINI'S CORPUSCLES were see THERMORECEPTORS 1979-93; were see under THERMORECEPTORS 1975-78; were see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1972-74; were see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-71
Online Note: use MECHANORECEPTORS to search NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES 1975-96 & GOLGI TENDON ORGANS 1994-96; use RECEPTORS, NEURAL to search NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES 1972-74, use NERVE ENDINGS 1966-71; use THERMORECEPTORS to search KRAUSE'S END BULBS & RUFFINI'S CORPUSCLES 1975-93; use RECEPTORS, SENSORY 1972-74 & NERVE ENDINGS 1966-71
History Note: 71; NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES was heading 1975-96 (see under MECHANORECEPTORS 1977-90, see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1975-76), was see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1972-74, was see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-71; GOLGI TENDON ORGANS was see NEUROTENDINOUS SPINDLES 1994-96; KRAUSE'S END BULBS & RUFFINI'S CORPUSCLES were see THERMORECEPTORS 1979-93; were see under THERMORECEPTORS 1975-78; were see under RECEPTORS, NEURAL 1972-74; were see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-71
Entry Version: MECHANORECEPT
Related: Mechanotransduction, Cellular MeSH
Proprioception MeSH
DeCS ID: 8634
Unique ID: D008465
NLM Classification: WL 102.9
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Date Established: 1971/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Mechanoreceptors - Preferred
Concept UI M0013162
Scope note Cells specialized to transduce mechanical stimuli and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Mechanoreceptor cells include the INNER EAR hair cells, which mediate hearing and balance, and the various somatosensory receptors, often with non-neural accessory structures.
Preferred term Mechanoreceptors
Entry term(s) Cell, Mechanoreceptor
Cells, Mechanoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor Cell
Mechanoreceptor Cells
Neurotendinous Spindles - Narrower
Concept UI M0013163
Preferred term Neurotendinous Spindles
Entry term(s) Golgi Tendon Organ
Golgi Tendon Organs
Neurotendinous Spindle
Organ, Golgi Tendon
Organs, Golgi Tendon
Spindle, Neurotendinous
Spindles, Neurotendinous
Tendon Organ, Golgi
Tendon Organs, Golgi
Krause's End Bulbs - Narrower
Concept UI M0013161
Preferred term Krause's End Bulbs
Entry term(s) Bulb, Krause's End
Bulbs, Krause's End
End Bulb, Krause's
End Bulbs, Krause's
Krause End Bulb
Krause End Bulbs
Krause's End Bulb
Krauses End Bulb
Krauses End Bulbs
Stretch Receptors - Narrower
Concept UI M0013164
Preferred term Stretch Receptors
Entry term(s) Receptor, Stretch
Receptors, Stretch
Stretch Receptor
Meissner's Corpuscle - Narrower
Concept UI M0013166
Preferred term Meissner's Corpuscle
Entry term(s) Corpuscle, Meissner's
Meissner Corpuscle
Meissners Corpuscle
Ruffini's Corpuscles - Narrower
Concept UI M0013165
Preferred term Ruffini's Corpuscles
Entry term(s) Corpuscle, Ruffini's
Corpuscles, Ruffini's
Ruffini Corpuscle
Ruffini Corpuscles
Ruffini's Corpuscle
Ruffinis Corpuscle
Ruffinis Corpuscles



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