sense organ

noun

1. a specialized bodily structure that receives or is sensitive to internal or external stimuli; receptor.

sense organ

noun

1. a structure in animals that is specialized for receiving external or internal stimuli and transmitting them in the form of nervous impulses to the brain

sense organ

/ sĕns /

1. In animals, an organ or part that is sensitive to a stimulus, as of sound, touch, or light. Sense organs include the eye, ear, and nose, as well as the taste buds on the tongue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sense organ¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

It may very well be that, among all your sense organs, your nose would register the starkest change.

From Nautilus

Similarly, each sense organ in the body is affected by a definite kind of force or substance.

From Project Gutenberg

Two important consequences ordinarily follow the stimulation of a sense organ.

From Project Gutenberg

Generally speaking, we may say that every nerve has one end in a sense organ and the other in a muscle.

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This affecting of a sense organ is known technically as stimulation, and that which affects the organ is known as the stimulus.

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The nerve stimulus itself has a cause; it ordinarily arises directly or indirectly from the stimulation of a sense organ.

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