Thermoreceptor
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A thermoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold.
Thermoreceptors are important in the snakes called pit vipers, which use them to "see" infrared light.
Location
Cutaneous temperature receptors are spread around the skin.
| Nervous system - Sensory system |
| Visual system - Auditory system - Olfactory system - Gustatory system - Somatosensory system |
