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- noun Plural form of
proprioceptor .
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The second type is proprioceptors, receptors in the muscles and tendons.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] MindyMo 2010
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The third set of sensors are the proprioceptors - nerve endings found in muscles, tendons, joints and skin.
Bay of Plenty Times 2010
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The third set of sensors are the proprioceptors - nerve endings found in muscles, tendons, joints and skin.
Hawke's Bay Today 2010
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For example, I learned in a neurobiology class that the nervous system has at least six ways to receive the same information: hearing, touch, taste, smell, sight, and proprioceptors.
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