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The word transducer has become commonplace in receptor physiology. It is most frequently used to emphasize the transformation of the energy applied to the receptor organ into a different form of energy by the properties of the elements which constitute the system (Bullock, 1959). However, other features of transducer machines are found in receptor systems. For instance, the places of input and output are specified if the biological transducer is taken to be composed of all those elements (or parameters) which are interposed between the point of application of the physiological stimulus and the generator potential, which in turn is defined as the transducer output.
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Terzuolo, C.A., Knox, C.K. (1971). Static and Dynamic Behavior of the Stretch Receptor Organ of Crustacea. In: Loewenstein, W.R. (eds) Principles of Receptor Physiology. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65063-5_16
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