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mechanoreceptor structure

an anatomical structure made of free or encapsulated endings of neurons and their associated cells responding to mechanical pressure or strain
Class type of: sensory receptor Q1348853

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
sensory receptor[1]
Part of
psychological terminology[2]
Different from
mechanoreceptor neuron[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en mechanoreceptors en mechanoreceptor en mechanoreceptor structure ar مستقبل ميكانيكي cs Mechanorecepce cs Mechanoreceptory da mekanoreceptor de Mechanorezeptor el Μηχανοϋποδοχέας es Mecanorreceptor fa گیرنده مکانیکی fi Mekanoreseptori fi Mekanoreseptorit fr mécanorécepteur he קולטן מכני id Mekanoreseptor it meccanocettori it meccanocettore it meccanorecettore it meccanorecettori
🔖 Identifiers · 17
OpenAlex ID
C2779097085
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Blausen 0809 Skin TactileReceptors.png ↗
BabelNet ID
03379419n
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
mechanorezeptoren
Elhuyar ZTH ID
028004
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/mechanoreceptor
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
86587
Freebase ID
/m/02r2m9
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2210228
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
mechanoreceptors
MeSH descriptor ID
D008465
MeSH tree code
A08.675.650.915.750, A08.800.950.750, A11.671.650.915.750
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779097085
NE.se ID
mekanoreceptor
Store medisinske leksikon ID
mekanoreseptor, mekanoreseptorer
UBERON ID
0012449
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AnatomicalStructure", "Mechanoreceptor"]

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 6
hair cell, bulbous corpuscle, baroreceptor, bulboid corpuscle, corpuscles of Herbst, tactile corpuscles of Grandry
Subclass of 1
sensory receptor
← Uses 1
Posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway
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  1. [1] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'f
    Sitelink count → 30
    Store medisinske leksikon ID → mekanoreseptor, mekanoreseptorer
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Store medisinske leksikon ID, SML ID mekanoreseptor deprecated (now SML mekanoreseptorer), SML ID mekanoreseptorer from Store medisinske leksi"
  2. 8w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → mechanoreceptor neuron
    Subclass of → sensory receptor
    Part of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ remove sitelink "trwiki:Mekanoreseptör" (page does not exist on client wiki; from client wiki log: page was deleted by User:ToprakM on 2026-08-09, 08:26:39) #trwiki #msynb"
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