Skin Functions Flashcards
What sensory nerve to detect pain and can reach up to the epidermis?
Free nerve endings
What are all the functions of the skin?
To be a protective barrier for your body and to keep water inside; biggest detector of changes-pain, touch, temperature and pressure.
What sensory nerve is for hair specifically?
Root hair plexi
What is Merkel’s disks?
Sensory nerves that detect very light touch; located in the epidermis.
What is Meissner’s corpuscles
Sensory nerves that detect very light touch; are located just below the epidermis.
What sensory nerve to text deep pressure and is located in the dermis
Pacinian corpuscles
What sensory nerves detects cold and is located in the dermis?
Krause corpuscles
What are Ruffini corpuscles?
Sensory nerves that detect heat and are located in the dermis; or short and fat.
What is the somatic type of pain?
Pain in the skin, muscles, bones, or ligaments; can be superficial (for skin) or deep (for muscles and ligaments).
What is pain that is transferred and spread throughout the body for the brain to deal and process with extreme pain?
Referred pain
What is the visceral type of pain?
Pain that is located within internal organs and even cardiac muscle.
