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Question
Classify receptors based on type of stimuli.
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Solution
| Receptors | Stimulus | Effector organs |
| Mechano receptors | Pressure and vibration | Mechano receptors are present in the cochlea of the inner ear and the semicircular canal and utriculus |
| Chemoreceptors | Chemicals | Taste buds in the tongue and nasal epithelium |
| Thermoreceptors | Temperature | Skin |
| Photoreceptors | Light | Rod and cone cells of the retina in the eye |
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