Skin Flashcards by Rebecca Deacon | Brainscape

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What do merkels disk respond to?

A

Light pressure

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What do meissners corpuscles respond to?

A

Lower frequency vibrations

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What do ruffini endings detect?

A

stretch

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What do pacinian corpusucles detect?

A

Touch, pressure and high frequency vibrations

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Q

What do nociception respond to?

A

Pain

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What do thermoception respond to?

A

Temperature

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