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Physical Forces, Sensory Reception, and Response to the Environment

William S. Hunter, Clark M. Blatteis

10.1002/cphy.cp040102

Source: Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology

Originally published: 1996

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Environmental Change and its Implications
1.1 Definition of Environment
1.2 Physical Forces Effecting Environmental Change
2 Manifestations and Transduction of the Electromagnetic Force
2.1 Sensory Transduction
2.2 Electromagnetic Radiation
2.3 Thermal Energy and Plasma
2.4 Mechanical Energy
2.5 Electrical Energy
2.6 Magnetic Energy
2.7 Chemical Energy
2.8 Nociception
3 Summary and Conclusions
Figure 1. Figure 1.

Graphical representation of the relationship of force and energy in the universe from the big bang to the present. Relative strength of force (ordinate, not to scale) is indicated as a function of temperature, time, or distance (abscissa, not to scale).

Adapted from Taube 83


Figure 1.

Graphical representation of the relationship of force and energy in the universe from the big bang to the present. Relative strength of force (ordinate, not to scale) is indicated as a function of temperature, time, or distance (abscissa, not to scale).

Adapted from Taube 83
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William S. Hunter, Clark M. Blatteis. Physical Forces, Sensory Reception, and Response to the Environment. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology: 17-34. First published in print 1996. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp040102