NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -chemoreception, process by which organisms respond to chemical stimuli in their environments that depends primarily on the senses of taste and smell. Chemoreception relies on chemicals that act as signals to regulate cell function, without the chemical necessarily being taken into the cell for metabolic purposes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of direct chemoreceptors are taste buds, which are sensitive to chemicals in the mouth, and the carotid bodies and aortic goodies that detect changes in pH inside the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chemoreceptors detect the presence of chemicals. Thermoreceptors detect changes in temperature. Mechanoreceptors detect mechanical forces.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nociceptors are a type of chemoreceptor. *Nociceptors (pain receptors) are a type of chemoreceptor that respond to chemicals released by damaged tissues.