sensory receptor

Noun

1.

sensory receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation Synonyms: sense organ, receptor

baroreceptor, chemoreceptor, ear, enteroceptor, exteroceptor, eye, inner ear, internal ear, interoceptor, labyrinth, lateral line, lateral line organ, oculus, optic, organ, organ of hearing, papilla, pineal eye, receptor, semicircular canal, sense organ, sensory system, stretch receptor, thermoreceptor, third eye