Article ID: CBB466161508

Microscopic Anatomy of Sensory Receptors (2019)

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Experiences following stimulation of the senses have been recorded for millennia, and they could be related to the gross anatomy of the sense organs. Examination of their microanatomy was to await the development of achromatic microscopes in the early nineteenth century. Among the microscopic structures that were isolated and described were specialized sensory cells, called receptors, and they could be related to the stimuli that excited them. Those located in well-defined sense organs (like the eyes, ears, nose, and tongue) were named on the basis of their morphology, whereas the receptors in or beneath the surface of the skin were generally named after those who first described them. Illustrations of early representations of sensory receptors are combined with “perceptual portraits” of the microanatomists who described them.

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Authors & Contributors
Joffe, Stephen N.
Pegler, D.
Tramelli, Barbara
Passavanti, Sandro
Veronique Deblon
Somos, Mark
Concepts
Anatomy
Illustrations
Microscopes
Visual representation; visual communication
Science and art
Organs; tissues
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
18th century
Ancient
20th century, early
16th century
Places
England
London (England)
Netherlands
Greece
Australia
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Institut de France, Paris
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome)
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