Chapter 26: The Senses
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26.1: Tutorial: Receptors in the skin
This tutorial explores the different types of sensory receptors in the skin that provide detailed information about mechanical stimuli.
26.2: Activity: The human ear
Learn how the anatomy of the human ear allows it to convert tiny, rapid changes in air pressure into movements that mechanoreceptors can detect.26.3: Activity: The human eye
Review the anatomy of the human eye, and learn how individual neurons in the retina carry information from photoreceptor cells to the brain.Chapter Menu
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