Nerves at the roots of hair follicles to detect pain, temperature, itch, and hair movement are called _____.

Biology

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natka813 [3]3 years ago

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Answer: Free nerve endings

Explanation:

A free nerve ending can be defined as the bare nerve endings that are unspecialized afferent nerve fibers which sends its signal to sensory neuron.

The main function of these nerve endings is to being the signals to the brain from the periphery of the body. They can sense itch, hair movement, temperature, pain et cetera.

ladessa [460]3 years ago

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The free nerve endings can detect pain, temperature, itch and hair movement. Merkel's disks can detect pressure, position and static touch features. Pacinian corpuscles are sensitive to vibration while Meissner's corpuscles are sensitive to light and touch.

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