The basic purpose of sensory structures/organs is to convert stimulus energy into electrical events called action potentials, this is referred to as ___.

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Aldo Johnston

Biology

22 July, 19:27

The basic purpose of sensory structures/organs is to convert stimulus energy into electrical events called action potentials, this is referred to as ___.

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Jimmy Guzman · Answer 1

The basic purpose of sensory structures/organs is to convert stimulus energy into electrical events called action potentials, this is referred to as transduction.

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The nervous system basically works by taking environmental stimuli and transforming them into electrical stimuli through a process called "transduction." In this process, the nerve receptors transform the stimulus received into a nerve impulse (action potential), that is, in the process of transduction the energy of the stimulus is transformed into a bioelectric signal, in order to perceive any property of the environment, the energy light, mechanical or chemical. The transduction takes place in the receptors of the sensory organs.