noun
- the physiological process by which chemical stimuli are detected and converted into sensory signals by specialized receptor cells
Usage: biology, physiology
Examples
- Chemoreception allows animals to detect food, predators, and mates through chemical signals in their environment.
- The sense of taste relies on chemoreception in taste buds on the tongue.
- Insects use chemoreception to navigate and find flowers for pollination.
- Chemoreception in the nose enables humans to smell odors in the air.
- Many aquatic organisms depend on chemoreception to locate nutrients in water.
- The olfactory system is a primary example of chemoreception in vertebrates.