Tactile Receptors

The 6 tactile receptors.....

6 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Free nerve endings
Sensitive to touch and pressure; are situated b/n epidermal cells, on corneal surface of eye
Root hair plexus
Monitors distortions and movements across the body surface
Merkel discs
Fine touch & pressure receptors; extremely sensitive
Meissner's capuscles
Perceive sensations of fine touch, pressure and low frequency vibration
Pacinian corpuscles
Sensitive to deep pressure, notbaly in fingers, mammary glands, & external genitalia
Ruffini corupscles
Sensitive to pressure and distortion of the skin; located in the deep dermis