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The Special Senses

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The special senses are specially adapted extero-receptor organs which receive and transduce stimuli from the external environment. They are capable of transducing physical and chemical stimuli into nerve impulses which are transmitted via cranial nerves to the brain for integration and conscious perception. The special senses and their cranial nerves are: olfactory epithelium (olfactory nerve), eye (optic nerve), taste buds (trigeminal, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves) and vestibulocochlear apparatus (vestibulocochlear nerve).

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  1. Department of Paediatric Pathology and Cytogenetics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF, UK

    Jean W. Keeling MBBS, FRCPath, FRCP (Edin) (Consultant Paediatric Pathologist, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pathology) (Consultant Paediatric Pathologist, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pathology)

  2. University of Edinburgh, UK

    Jean W. Keeling MBBS, FRCPath, FRCP (Edin) (Consultant Paediatric Pathologist, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pathology) (Consultant Paediatric Pathologist, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pathology)

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McDonald, B. (1993). The Special Senses. In: Keeling, J.W. (eds) Fetal and Neonatal Pathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3802-0_28

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