Match each of the following terms with its function or description.

a. general sense organ
b. pacinian corpuscle
c. mechanoreceptor
d. proprioceptor
e. photoreceptor
f. papillae
g. free nerve ending
h. special sense organ
i. gustatory cells
j. olfactory receptors
k. Golgi tendon receptor

1. _____ General sense organ that responds to pain and temperature

2. _____ Microscopic sense organ distributed all over the body

3. _____ Chemoreceptor responsible for the sense of taste

4. _____ Receptor that responds to light

5. _____ Receptor that provides information on position or movement of body parts

6. _____ taste buds are located here

7. _____ Example of a mechanoreceptor

8. _____ Chemoreceptor for the sense of smell

9. _____ Example of a proprioceptor

10. _____ Sense organ that has receptors grouped in a localized area or in complex organs

11. _____ General sense organ that is activated by stimuli that deform or change the shape of the receptor


1. g. free nerve ending

2. a. general sense organ

3. i. gustatory cells

4. e. photoreceptor

5. d. proprioceptor

6. f. papillae

7. b. pacinian corpuscle

8. j. olfactory receptors

9. k. Golgi tendon receptor

10. h. special sense organ

11. c. mechanoreceptor

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