Chapter 10, Problem 7RA

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The lateral inhibition process.

Introduction:

The sensory organs have receptors present in their cell membranes, these sensory receptors receive stimulus from the external environment and transfers them to the central nervous system that in turn, accumulates the stimulus and a modified response is sent to the target sites. The different types of receptors according to their locations are photoreceptors, photoreceptors, thermoreceptors, olfactory receptors, and the gustatory receptors.