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Name the type of membrane channel that opens in response to touch, pressure, vibration, or tissue stretching and is found in the auditory receptors of the ear, and in touch and pressure receptors in the skin.Group of answer choicesvoltage-gated channelstemperature-sensitive channelligand-gated channelsmechanically gated channelsleakage channel

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Name the type of membrane channel that opens in response to touch, pressure, vibration, or tissue stretching and is found in the auditory receptors of the ear, and in touch and pressure receptors in the skin.Group of answer choicesvoltage-gated channelstemperature-sensitive channelligand-gated channelsmechanically gated channelsleakage channel

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The type of membrane channel that opens in response to touch, pressure, vibration, or tissue stretching and is found in the auditory receptors of the ear, and in touch and pressure receptors in the skin is the mechanically gated channels.

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