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Any sense organ responding to stimuli from a substance with a particular molecular composition

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  • Meanwhile, what are known as chemoreceptor cilia, found on olfactory neurons, detect odor.
  • Caltech scientists get detailed glimpse of chemoreceptor architecture in bacterial cells
  • The brain's role in regulating respiration and heart rate relies on information received from baroreceptor sites and chemoreceptor sites located inside the brain stem.
  • Within the skull were well develop sinus cavities indicating that they had an advanced sense of smell, and some have suggested the sinuses may have held a chemoreceptor...
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