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sensory system

sensory system

the total structure involved in sensation, including the sense organs and their receptors, afferent sensory neurons, and sensory areas in the cerebral cortex at which these tracts terminate. There are separate systems for each of the senses. See auditory system; gustatory system; olfactory system; somatosensory system; visual system; vestibular system.

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