Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 41, Problem 9TYK
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The terrestrial animals, especially vertebrates, have five sense organs, which are the ears, eyes, nose, skin, and tongue. These sense organs receive stimuli from the external environment, and transduce those signals to the brain in the form of action potential. Each sense organ has receptors that generate a receptor potential in response to a particular type of signal.
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