Receptors That Transduce Light Energy are ________

Question

Receptors that transduce light energy are ________.
A) chemoreceptors
B) photoreceptors
C) mechanoreceptors
D) thermoreceptors

Accepted Answer

Photoreceptors are specialized sensory receptors that detect and transduce light energy into neural activity. Chemoreceptors respond to chemical stimuli, mechanoreceptors respond to mechanical stimuli, and thermoreceptors respond to temperature changes.