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Also Known As	neural receptor • sensory receptor

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Diagram showing receptor-mediated endocytosis in a cell: a ligand binds to a receptor on the cell membrane, forming a coated pit that becomes a coated vesicle. The vesicle fuses with an endosome, where receptors are recycled and the contents are degraded in a lysosome.

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Ewald Hering

German physiologist and psychologist