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
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: Classification of Sensory Receptors
- · 1.1. Classification of sensory receptors
- 2. The Eye: Microscopic Anatomy of the Eyeball
- · 2.1. Fibrous tunic: cornea and sclera
- · 2.2. Vascular tunica or uvea
- · 2.3. Nervous tunic: the retina
- · 2.4. The crystalline
- · 2.5. Annexed structures and drainage ways
- 3. The Ear: Structure of the Vestibulocochlear System
- · 3.1. external ear
- · 3.2. middle ear
- · 3.3. inner ear
- 4. Olfactory System: Epithelium and Olfactory Bulb
- · 4.1. Olfactory mucosa
- · 4.2. Olfactory bulb
- 5. Gust System: Papillae and Taste Buttons
- · 5.1. lingual papillae
- · 5.2. taste buds
- 6. Somatosensory System: Integumentary Receptors
- · 6.1. free nerve endings
- · 6.2. Merkel receptors
- · 6.3. Meissner corpuscles
- · 6.4. Pacinian corpuscles
- · 6.5. Ruffini corpuscles
- · 6.6. Krause terminal bulbs
- · 6.7. Neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs
- 7. Functional Integration and Sensory Pathways
- · 7.1. Final considerations
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- Subject
- Histology
- Category
- Basic Sciences
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
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- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02