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Answer for the clue "Any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body ", 12 letters:
interoceptor

Word definitions for interoceptor in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body [syn: enteroceptor ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An interoceptor is a sensory receptor that detects stimulus within the body. Examples of stimuli that would be detected by interoceptors include blood pressure and blood oxygen level.

Usage examples of interoceptor.

Breathing deeply, with deliberate slowness, he turned on the interior light and checked the strider's damage interoceptor: to learn the position of the limbs and trunk, disregarding the drive units.