Question

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Which of the following receptors is incorrectly paired with its category?

• A. Hair cell - mechanoreceptor
• B. Gustatory receptor -chemoreceptor
• C. Rod - photoreceptor
• D. Nociceptor - deep pressure receptor

Answer 1

The correct option is D Nociceptor - deep pressure receptor

(A) Hair cell - Mechanoreceptor

A mechanoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion.

(B) Gustatory receptor - chemoreceptor

A chemoreceptor is a specialized sensory receptor cell which transduces (convert) a chemical substance (endogenous or induced) and generates a biological signal. This signal may be in the form of an action potential if the chemoreceptors is a neuron (nerve cell), or in the form of neurotransmitter that can activate a nearby fiber of the chemosensor is specialized sensory receptor cell, such as the taste receptor in a taste bud.

(C) Rod - photoreceptor

Rods cells are the photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in less intense light than the other type of visual receptors, cone cells.

(D) Nociceptor - deep pressure receptor.

A nociceptor is a sensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending possible threat signals to the spinal cord and the brain.

So the correct option is Nociceptor-deep pressure receptor.