Peripheral Nervous System: Afferent Divison Flashcards

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What are the two Afferent neurons in the skin we need to know?

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Meissners corpusle: responds to flutter and stroke movement. (Just under the epidermis, in the dermis)
Pacinian corpusle: senses vibration. (In the hypodermis)

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Pacinian corpuscles

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