alpha receptor

Noun alpha receptor has 1 sense

• alpha receptor(n = noun.body) alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor - receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles); Array
is a part of sympathetic nervous system
is a kind of receptor