Joint Receptors

Question 1

Free nerve endings:

Answer 1

Joint capsule, ligaments, synovium, fat pad

All joints

Question 2

Golgi ligament endings

Answer 2

Ligaments, adjacent to ligaments bony attachment

Tension or stretch on ligaments

Question 3

Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles:

Answer 3

Joint capsule
Compression of joint capsule
Knee joint, joint capsule

Question 4

Pacinian corpuscles corpuscles:

Answer 4

Fibrous layer of joint capsule
High frequency vibration, acceleration, and high velocity changes in joint position
All joints

Question 5

Ruffini Endings

Answer 5

Fibrous layer of joint capsule
Stretching of joint capsule; amplitude and velocity of joint position.
Greater density in proximal joints, particularly in capsular regions.