Physiologists refer to receptors as selective transducers. They are called transducers because they conver' the energy contained in the stimulus into another form of energy, specifically into some sort of membrane potential. Receptors are termed selective because each type of receptor is highly specific ( selective ) with respect to the type of stimulus it responds to.
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