integumentary system (sensory nerves)
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Meissner's corpuscle
detects light touch
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Ruffini corpuscle
detects deep pressure and sensation
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Pacinian corpuscle
detects high frequency and deep sensations, connected further into the hypodermis
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matrix of the hair flollicle
here keratinocytes differentiate into inner root sheath, outer root sheath, and the hair shaft
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medulla of hair follicle
central core of the hair
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cortex of hair follicle
layer of keratinized cells that surrounds the medulla
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Merkel's Disc
primary receptor for sensing
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free nerve ending
pain and temperature, superficial layer in epidermis
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blub of Krause
primarily detects cold temperature and light touch
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