LAB 6: General and Special Senses Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 CUTANEOUS RECEPTORS?
A
1) free nerve endings
2) tactile discs
3) tactile corpuscle
4) lamellate corpuscle
5) Ruffini corpuscle
2
Q
What stimuli do FREE NERVE ENDINGS respond to?
A
-touch, pain, temperature
3
Q
What stimuli do TACTILE DISCS respond to?
A
-fine touch, light pressure
4
Q
What stimuli do TACTILE CORPUSCLES respond to?
A
-fine touch, light pressure, especially eyelids, lips, fingertips and external genitalia