Chapter 50

Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Understand how animals sense and respond. Master sensory and motor systems - heavily tested in physiology.

9 Hours

Olympiad 5/5

Advanced

NEETRequired

MCATRequired

AP BiologyRequired

IB BiologyRequired

USABO

5/5

BBO

5/5

INBO

5/5

IBO

5/5

Key Topics Covered

Sensory reception principles

Vision and photoreceptors

Hearing and balance

Chemoreception

Muscle structure and contraction

Explain sensory transduction

Describe eye and ear structure

Understand muscle contraction mechanism

Connect sensory input to motor output

Yes! Eye, ear structure and function, and muscle contraction are frequently tested in NEET.

Olympiads test signal transduction in receptors, comparative sensory systems, and motor unit physiology.

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