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Sensory receptors are specialized cell bodies.
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Sensory receptors are specialized nerve endings or specialized receptor cells (e.g., photoreceptors, hair cells, Merkel cells), not the neuronal cell bodies themselves. The cell bodies of primary sensory neurons are usually located in ganglia (dorsal root or cranial nerve ganglia).
Sensory receptors are specialized nerve endings or specialized receptor cells (e.g., photoreceptors, hair cells, Merkel cells), not the neuronal cell bodies themselves. The cell bodies of primary sensory neurons are usually located in ganglia (dorsal root or cranial nerve ganglia).
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