Mechanoreceptors
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Merkel Disk
ADAPTATION: SA
FIELD SIZE: small (2-3mm)
RESPONDS TO: touch, vibration
SENSITIVITY RANGE: low (5-15 Hz)
FIELD SIZE: small (2-3mm)
RESPONDS TO: touch, vibration
SENSITIVITY RANGE: low (5-15 Hz)
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Meissner's Corpuscles
ADAPTATION: RA
FIELD SIZE: small (3-4mm)
RESPONDS TO: touch, pressure, slippage
SENSITIVITY RANGE: low (30-50 Hz)
FIELD SIZE: small (3-4mm)
RESPONDS TO: touch, pressure, slippage
SENSITIVITY RANGE: low (30-50 Hz)
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Ruffini Endings
ADAPTATION: SA
FIELD SIZE: large (10-15mm)
RESPONDS TO: pressure, stretch, slippage
SENSITIVITY RANGE: high (3-400 Hz)
FIELD SIZE: large (10-15mm)
RESPONDS TO: pressure, stretch, slippage
SENSITIVITY RANGE: high (3-400 Hz)
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Pacinian Corpuscles
ADAPTATION: RA
FIELD SIZE: large (>20mm)
RESPONDS TO: pressure, vibration
SENSITIVITY RANGE: high (2-300 Hz)
FIELD SIZE: large (>20mm)
RESPONDS TO: pressure, vibration
SENSITIVITY RANGE: high (2-300 Hz)
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