Special senses such as vision, hearing, taste, and smell rely on specific sensory receptors. Photoreceptors in the eyes detect light, mechanoreceptors in the ears respond to sound vibrations, chemoreceptors in the taste buds and olfactory epithelium sense chemical stimuli, and proprioceptors provide information about body position. Each type of receptor is specialized to convert specific types of stimuli into electrical signals that the nervous system can interpret.
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