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6 Cards in this Set
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Free Nerve Endings |
They are widespread, superficial, and found in hairy and hairless skin. Light touch, temperature, and pain. |
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Hair Follicle Receptors |
A dendrite wrapped around a hair follicle. Light touch when the hair is displaced. |
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Meissner's Corpuscles |
Found in the dermal papillae of hairless skin. Light touch and low-frequency vibration. |
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Merkle's Nerve Complex |
Found in the stratum basal oh hairy and hairless skin. Pressure touch. |
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Lamellated or Pacinian Corpuscles |
In the dermis, joint capsules, some viscera, genitals, and breast. High frequency vibration, pressure, stretch, and tickling. |
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Ruffini's Cylinders |
In the dermis and joint capsules. Pressure touch. |
