Question

Name the four receptors that are located in the skin

Answer 1

The four sensory receptors include mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, chemoreceptors and nociceptors.

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Answer 2

(1) Merkel receptor – disk shaped, close to surface, slow adapting, small receptive field, respond best to PRESSURE and TEXTURE.

(2) Meissner corpuscle – stack of flattened cells with nerve fiber weaving through, close to surface, rapidly adapting, small reception force, respond best to LIGHT TOUCH, such as tapping or fluttering.

(3) Ruffini cylinder – many branched fibers in cigar shaped capsule, deep in dermis, slow adapting, large reception force, respond best to STRETCHING and play important role in kinesthetic sense.

(4) Pacinian corpuscle – layered, onion-like, deep in dermis, fast adapting, large reception force, respond best to DEEP PRESSURE touch and high frequency VIBRATION.