Week 7- Sense Receptors and function Flashcards
1
Q
Merkles disc
A
pressure
2
Q
Ruffini endings
A
skin stretch and joint stretch
3
Q
Pacinian corpuscles
A
vibration
4
Q
Messier corpuscle
A
touch (light) in hairless skin
5
Q
nociceptor
A
pain
6
Q
thermorecpetor
A
temperature
7
Q
muscle spindles, Golgi tendon organs
A
muscle stretch/tendon stretch
8
Q
Joint kinesthetic receptors
A
joint movement