EXP - Tactile mechanoreceptors
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Pacinian corpuscles
respond to deep pressure and vibration
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Meissner corpuscles
respond to light touch
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Merkel complexes
fine tactile sensation & discrimination
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Ruffini corpuscles
detect stretch
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tactile
relating to the sense of touch
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mechanoreceptors
Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues. Respond to touch, pressure, vibration, & stretch.
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Pacinian corpuscles location
deep in the dermis
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Meissner corpuscles location
dermis
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Merkel complexes location
upper layers of skin near the base of the epidermis
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Ruffini corpuscles location
also deep in the dermis
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