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General senses
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refers to sensitivity to pain, temperature, touch, and vibration
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Nociceptors
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usually have large receptive fields
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Thermomoreceptors
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scattered immediately beneath the surface of the skin
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Ruffini corpuscle
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A tactile receptor that responds to deep pressure
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Meissner's corpuscle
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A tactile receptor composed of dendrites that are highly coiled and interwoven
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Baroreceptors
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sensory receptors that respond to changes in blood pressure
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Pacinian corpuscle
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A tactile receptor that is composed of dendritic processes that lie within a series of concentric cellular layers
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tactile receptors
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Includes the root hair plexus, Merkel's discs, Meissner's corpuscles, free nerve endings
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First-order neurons
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The sensory neuron that delivers the sensation to the CNS
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Anterior corticospinal tract
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The spinal tract that regulates voluntary motor control of muscles on the same side of the body
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