Mechanoreceptors

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Merkel cells

  • tactile receptor (skin: touch, pressure, & vibration)

  • general touch

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Meissner’s corpuscles

  • tactile receptor (skin: touch, pressure, & vibration)

  • fine touch, localized

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Pacinian corpuscles

  • tactile receptor (skin: touch, pressure, & vibration)

  • heavy pressure, vibration

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baroreceptors

  • pressure within tubes (ie. BV’s, GI, UG)

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Proprioceptors

  • (muscle/joint) stretch

  • golgi tendon organs: measure tension in tendons

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Thermoreceptors

  • ‘changes’ in temperature

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Chemoreceptors

  • chemical

  • carotid & aortic bodies: CO2, O2 concentrations

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