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Definition of Exteroceptors
1. exteroceptor [n] - See also: exteroceptor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exteroceptors
Literary usage of Exteroceptors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters in general psychology by Stevenson Smith, Edwin Ray Guthrie (1921)
"The mouse which is outside a cat stimulates the cat's exteroceptors and the cat
responds in a conspicuous and characteristic way. ..."
2. An Introduction to Neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1922)
"This third group is largely subsidiary to the somatic group, or exteroceptors,
and will be considered more in detail below. The proprioceptive sense organs ..."
3. Physiology and biochemistry in modern medicene by John James Rickard Macleod (1922)
"POSTURAL COORDINATION 1er than the proprioceptors of the muscles (called
exteroceptors). Fig. 227 shows how greatly the reflex contraction of the extensors ..."
4. An Introduction to Biophysics by David Burns (1921)
"They are exteroceptors. ... distinctly chemical in their actions and are the
chief exteroceptors in many animals (see later). To these fall to be added a ..."
5. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Sherrington has divided the receptive organs into exteroceptors, ... The exteroceptors
and related neuromotor apparatus are primarily concerned with the ..."
6. Biology, General and Medical by Joseph McFarland (1920)
"exteroceptors or somatic sense organs, which respond to stimulations arising from
... the movements called forth by the stimulation of the exteroceptors. ..."
7. Nervous and mental disease monograph series (1918)
"That the proprioceptive circuit is influenced by the exteroceptors is maintained,
after demonstration, by Sherrington (9, p. 472-473). ..."
8. The Autonomic Functions and the Personality by Edward John Kempf (1921)
"That the proprioceptive circuit is influenced by the exteroceptors is maintained,
after demonstration, by Sherrington (9, p. 472-473). ..."
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