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Histology of the Sense Organs

Histology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Los órganos de los sentidos constituyen estructuras altamente especializadas del organismo cuya función primordial radica en la transducción sensorial , esto es, la conversión de estímulos físicos o químicos del entorno (o del propio organismo) en impulsos electroquímicos susceptibles de ser interpretados por el sistema nervioso central. Desde una perspectiva histológica, estos órganos representan paradigmas de…

What it covers

  1. Table of Contents
  2. 1. Introduction: Classification of Sensory Receptors
  3. · 1.1. Classification of sensory receptors
  4. 2. The Eye: Microscopic Anatomy of the Eyeball
  5. · 2.1. Fibrous tunic: cornea and sclera
  6. · 2.2. Vascular tunica or uvea
  7. · 2.3. Nervous tunic: the retina
  8. · 2.4. The crystalline
  9. · 2.5. Annexed structures and drainage ways
  10. 3. The Ear: Structure of the Vestibulocochlear System
  11. · 3.1. external ear
  12. · 3.2. middle ear
  13. · 3.3. inner ear
  14. 4. Olfactory System: Epithelium and Olfactory Bulb
  15. · 4.1. Olfactory mucosa
  16. · 4.2. Olfactory bulb
  17. 5. Gust System: Papillae and Taste Buttons
  18. · 5.1. lingual papillae
  19. · 5.2. taste buds
  20. 6. Somatosensory System: Integumentary Receptors
  21. · 6.1. free nerve endings
  22. · 6.2. Merkel receptors
  23. · 6.3. Meissner corpuscles
  24. · 6.4. Pacinian corpuscles
  25. · 6.5. Ruffini corpuscles
  26. · 6.6. Krause terminal bulbs
  27. · 6.7. Neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs
  28. 7. Functional Integration and Sensory Pathways
  29. · 7.1. Final considerations

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Subject
Histology
Category
Basic Sciences
Type
Study Guide
Sections
29
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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