capable of capable of detection of stimulus sensory receptor NCIT:C13819 FMA:84650 peripheral ending of sensory neuron A sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. In response to stimuli the sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or action potentials in the same cell or in an adjacent one. UBERON:0012451 MESH:D011984 SCTID:70402007 sensory nerve ending Wikipedia:Sensory_receptor nerve ending