pressoreceptorn.
/ˌprɛsə(ʊ)rᵻˈsɛptə/, U.S. /ˈprɛsoʊrəˌsɛptər/ Physiology.
A sensory receptor that responds to changes in pressure within a hollow organ; esp. one that responds to changes in blood pressure. Cf. baroreceptor n., mechanoreceptor n.
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chemoreceptor1906
exteroceptor1906
interoceptor1906
nociceptor1906
photoreceptor1906
proprioceptor1906
receptor1906
radioreceptor1922
mechanoreceptor1927
phonoreceptor1934
stretch receptor1936
pressoreceptor1937
thermoreceptor1937
osmoreceptor1946
baroceptor1949
baroreceptor1951
sensor1956
chemosensor1964
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stretch receptor1936
pressoreceptor1937
1937 President's Rep. 1936–7 (Univ. Michigan) 100 Reports have been published on..pressoreceptor and chemoreceptor respiratory reflexes arising in the carotid region.
1955 R. W. Stacy et al. Essent. Biol. & Med. Physics xii. 137 Some physiological adjustments are possible even during the comparatively short duration of high accelerations. For example, the pressoreceptors of the carotid sinus and aortic arch experience low arterial pressures and bring about some reflex adjustment.
1975 Investigative Urol. 12 465 We studied the influence of pressoreceptor stimulation on micturition reflex and urethral pressure profile.
1997 Artificial Organs 21 873 The control mechanisms are triggered by information coming from both arterial and cardiopulmonary pressoreceptors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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