Term Name: response to mechanical stimulus
Synonyms: chemi-mechanical coupling, mechanical stimulus response
Definition: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a mechanical stimulus.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009612]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: mechanosensory behavior
is a type of: response to abiotic stimulus response to external stimulus
has subtype: cellular response to mechanical stimulus detection of mechanical stimulus response to auditory stimulus response to muscle stretch response to ultrasound thigmotropism