Any structure, either nerve endings or nerve endings combined with other tissue, that is specialized to detect a stimulus is a...

A. Motor neuron
B. Interneuron
C. Sensory neuron
D. Sensory receptor
E. Effector organ


Answer: D. Sensory receptor

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