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Type Ia sensory fiber

Type of afferent nerve fiber

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Chemosensory clusters

Aggregates of chemoreceptor cells

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Conditioned satiety
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Diffuse chemosensory system

Anatomical structures composed of chemosensory cells

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Active sensory systems
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Special senses

Senses with specialized organs

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Muscle spindle

Innervated muscle structure involved in reflex actions and proprioception

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Sensation (fiction)
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Organoleptic

Aspects of food experienced through the senses

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Pallesthesia

Ability to perceive vibration

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Hydrodynamic reception

Ability of an organism to sense water movements

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Receptive field

Delimited medium where some stimuli can evoke neuronal responses

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Stimulus modality

What is perceived after a physiological stimulus

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Solitary chemosensory cells
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Subliminal stimuli

Sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception

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Sensory nerve

Nerve that carries sensory information toward the central nervous system

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Aftertaste

Taste of a food that remains after being eaten

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