55. How does the nervous
system get information about
the external environment, the
organs and the tissues?

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Information about the conditions the
external and internal , like
temperature, pressure, touch,
position, pH, metabolite levels (,
carbon dioxide, etc.), light, , etc.,
are collected by neural
structures (each for type of
information) called receptors.
Sensory receptors are
throughout the tissuesaccording to
specific roles. The receptors
that information and transmit
through their own axons through
dendrites of neurons connect to
them. The reaches the
central nervous that interprets
and uses to control and regulate
body.