chemoreceptor

Definitions of chemoreceptor

1. noun

   a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli
   types:

   gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud

   an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue

   carotid body

   a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration

   nose, olfactory organ

   the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

   neb, snout

   a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose

   rostrum, snout

   beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

   beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout

   informal terms for the nose

   conk

   informal term for the nose

   hawk nose

   a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk

   proboscis

   the human nose (especially when it is large)

   pug, pug nose

   a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end

   Roman nose, hooknose

   a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge

   type of:

   receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor

   an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation