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Algesireceptors is a mechanoreceptor that 

 

Option: 1

respond to heat

 


Option: 2

respond to touch and pressure,

 


Option: 3

respond to airborne sound waves

 


Option: 4

 respond to pain

 


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As we have learnt:

 

Mechanoreceptors:

  • These receptors respond to the mechanical changes due to physical deformation of their plasma membranes.

  • These are of following types:

    • Tangoreceptors: respond to touch and pressure, 

    • Baroreceptors: respond to stretching

    • Algesireceptors: respond to pain

    • Statoreceptors: respond to acceleration and gravity

    • Phonoreceptors: respond to airborne sound waves

Hence, the correct answer is option d.

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