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.

Descriptor ID	D008465
MeSH Number(s)	A08.675.650.915.750 A08.800.950.750 A11.671.650.915.750
Concept/Terms	Mechanoreceptors Mechanoreceptors Mechanoreceptor Mechanoreceptor Cells Cell, Mechanoreceptor Cells, Mechanoreceptor Mechanoreceptor Cell Stretch Receptors Stretch Receptors Receptor, Stretch Stretch Receptor Receptors, Stretch Neurotendinous Spindles Neurotendinous Spindles Neurotendinous Spindle Spindle, Neurotendinous Spindles, Neurotendinous Golgi Tendon Organs Organs, Golgi Tendon Tendon Organs, Golgi Ruffini's Corpuscles Ruffini's Corpuscles Corpuscles, Ruffini's Ruffini Corpuscles Ruffinis Corpuscles Krause's End Bulbs Krause's End Bulbs Bulbs, Krause's End End Bulbs, Krause's Krause End Bulbs Krauses End Bulbs Meissner's Corpuscle Meissner's Corpuscle Corpuscle, Meissner's Meissner Corpuscle Meissners Corpuscle

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