Match the receptor to its function

Chemoreceptors-______
Photoreceptors- ______
Thermoreceptors- _____
Mechanoreceptors-_____
Nociceptors- ________

a) Receive a variety of stimuli such as touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch.
b) Respond to all stimuli that are either damaging, or potentially damaging, to the tissues and structures of the body.
c) Receive stimuli from chemicals.
d) Respond to changes in temperature.
e) Receive stimuli in the form of light.

c, e, d, a, b

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