"Chemoreceptor Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cells specialized to detect chemical substances and relay that information centrally in the nervous system. Chemoreceptor cells may monitor external stimuli, as in TASTE and OLFACTION, or internal stimuli, such as the concentrations of OXYGEN and CARBON DIOXIDE in the blood.
| Descriptor ID |
D002628
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.675.650.915.500 A08.800.950.500 A11.671.650.915.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Chemoreceptor Cells- Chemoreceptor Cells
- Cell, Chemoreceptor
- Cells, Chemoreceptor
- Chemoreceptor Cell
- Chemoreceptive Cells
- Cell, Chemoreceptive
- Cells, Chemoreceptive
- Chemoreceptive Cell
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