We received the men and their wives, the men and their mothers, the men and their grandmothers--but, in place of their unmarried daughters, elaborate excuses, offered with a shameless politeness wonderful to see.
Sensory neurons that monitor position and movement of body parts. Respond to degree of stretch of the organs they occupy. Monitor how much organs containing these receptors are stretched. Include muscles, tendons, and joint capsules. They can determine how much force is being applied to your limbs allowing you to pick something up without crushing it or dropping it.
Neuron endings. Specialized cells in close contact with neurons. These receptors transduce. (convert) the energy of the stimulus into electrical signals that are then transmitted by the neurons. Sensory receptors and other types of cells make the sense organs: eyes, ears, nose, taste buds. There are six senses recognized by biologists: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and balance.