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26.1: Tutorial: Receptors in the skin

This tutorial explores the different types of sensory receptors in the skin that provide detailed information about mechanical stimuli.

26.2: Activity: The human ear

Learn how the anatomy of the human ear allows it to convert tiny, rapid changes in air pressure into movements that mechanoreceptors can detect.

26.3: Activity: The human eye

Review the anatomy of the human eye, and learn how individual neurons in the retina carry information from photoreceptor cells to the brain.

26.1: Process Animation: The human ear

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26.2: Process Animation: The human eye

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