Multiple choice

Neuroepithelial type of sensory receptors are present in which of the following systems?

  1. Visual

  2. Auditory

  3. Gustatory

  4. Olfactory

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D Correct answer
Explanation

A neuroepithelial receptor is a neuron with a soma situated near a sensory surface and an axon, which conveys sensory signals into the CNS to synapse on second order neurons. This is an evolutionarily primitive arrangement and the only example in man is the sensory neuron of the olfactory epithelium.