How do phasic receptors differ from tonic receptors?
What will be an ideal response?
Phasic receptors, also called fast-adapting receptors, show the phenomenon of peripheral adaptation, while tonic receptors show little or no adaptation, and so are called slow-adapting receptors. Tonic receptors are always active while phasic receptors become active for a short period of time whenever there is a change in the conditions they are monitoring.
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