15.0 Introduction

Learning Objectives

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the structures responsible for the special senses of taste, smell, hearing, balance, and vision
  2. Describe different types of sensory receptors
  3. Describe the processes of transduction for the special senses

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Anatomy & Physiology by Lindsay M. Biga, Staci Bronson, Sierra Dawson, Amy Harwell, Robin Hopkins, Joel Kaufmann, Mike LeMaster, Philip Matern, Katie Morrison-Graham, Kristen Oja, Devon Quick & Jon Runyeon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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