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    Sensory System: A Tutorial Study Guide
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    Sensory System: A Tutorial Study Guide

    By Nicoladie Tam

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    About this ebook

    “Sensory System” is a part of the college-level Principles of Biology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the anatomy and physiology of the sensory system, including vision, hearing, touch, temperature sense, muscle sense, olfaction, electroreception, magnetoreception, nociception, pain, echolocation, and infrared sense.


    It is a study guide with in-depth explanations. Each section is a modular unit that is self-contained for easy reading. The principles and concepts are introduced systematically so students can learn and retain the materials intuitively.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNicoladie Tam, Ph.D.
    Release dateJun 13, 2015
    ISBN9781301660070
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