Adequate stimulus

Japanese: adequate stimulus(英語表記)adequatestimulus
Adequate stimulus

…A sensory system is made up of receptors, pathways, and sensory areas. Among the various factors in the environment, those that cause a reaction in a receptor are called sensory stimuli, and the sensory stimulus that most efficiently causes a reaction in a particular receptor is called the appropriate stimulus for that receptor. For example, the photoreceptors in the eye (a sensory organ) only respond to electromagnetic waves in the wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm, i.e., light.

*Some of the terms that mention "adequate stimulus" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…受容器,伝導路および感覚野によって一つの感覚系が構成される。環境の中のいろいろな要因のうち,受容器に反応を引き起こすものを感覚刺激といい,特定の受容器に最も効率よく反応を引き起こす感覚刺激をその受容器の適当刺激adequate stimulusという。例えば眼(感覚器官)の光受容器は,電磁波のうち,400~700nmの波長帯域すなわち光にのみ反応する。…

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