pg 17- x (sensory systems)

Question 1

merkel endings

Answer 1

associated with special cells that are located in deep layers of epidermis (primarily found in glaborous skin) tactile

Question 2

peritrichial nerve endings

Answer 2

associated with axon terminals that are distributed along the root of a hair, movement of hair

Question 3

free nerve endings

Answer 3

axon terminals that are located between cells in many tissues, thermal, noxious, tactile

Question 4

pacinian corpuscles

Answer 4

single axon terminal with layers of non-neuronal cells

Question 5

meissner’s corpuscles

Answer 5

one or more axons inside a capsule that is highly branched (capsule is long and slender, long structures; length up to 1mm) tactile receptor

Question 6

ruffini endings

Answer 6

single axon inside delicate capsule, found in dermis, subcutaneous tissue, specific to stretch

Question 7

end bulbs (of krause, golgi-mazzoni)

Answer 7

variable sizes and shapes, round circular, single highly-branched axon, found at muco-cutaneous junctions