Abstract
Organisms constantly monitor and respond to changes in their environment (both external and internal) so as to maintain themselves under the most favorable conditions for growth and reproduction. The structures which receive these environmental cues are sense cells, and the cues are always forms of energy, for example, light, heat, kinetic (as in mechanoreception and sound reception), and potential (as in chemoreception, the sense of smell and taste) (Dethier, 1963). The sensory structures use the energy to do work, namely, to generate a message that can be conducted to a decoding area, the central nervous system, so that an appropriate response can be initiated. The message is, of course, in the form of a nerve impulse. Sensory structures are generally specialized so as to respond to only one energy form and are usually surrounded by accessory structures that modify the incident energy.
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Gillott, C. (1980). Sensory Systems. In: Entomology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6918-3_12
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