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Your main sensors in the skin are those for some types of pain or touch. We can distinguish a sharp from a blunt touch, and a brushing with a wisp of cotton wool will elicit a different sensation again. Vibration is a separate touch sensation again, as is also the detection of heat and cold.
Perhaps you could consider smell (olfaction) to be a skin sense, but here the smell is first dissolved in the mucus before detection.
[I had a side effect of a drug, which numbed the sense of vibration - it was only felt as a blunt touch. The operand was a tuning fork, which produces a small vibration at the stem. The proper sensations returned after >12 months off the drug.]
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agocutaneous sense organs
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Somatic sensory receptors detect stimuli that permit us to detect:
pressure, touch, temperature,pain, and other general sensations
These are a part of the somatosensory system. Cutaneous receptors include e.g. cutaneous mechanoreceptors (pressure and vibrations), nociceptors (pain) and thermoreceptors (temperature).
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∙ 13y agoThere are many different types of sensory receptors in the skin. Temperature changes are detected by thermoreceptors. Pressure changes are detected by baroreceptors or mechanoreceptors. And pain is detected by free nerve endings, sometimes referred to as nociceptors.
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∙ 12y agofree nerve endings (pain receptors), a Pacinian carpuscle, and a hair folicle receptor.
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∙ 12y agoCutaneous Sense Organs
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∙ 11y agoCutaneous sense organs.
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∙ 14y agothe answer is cutaneous receptors
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What layer of skin contains sensory receptors for touch?
The Dermis layer contains the sensory nerve fiber, so it is the Dermis layer that contains sensory receptors for touch.
What general category of sensory receptors detects variations in temperature?
themorecptrs
Are cold or heat receptors more numerous?
More cool receptors than warm receptors in the skin.
Your sense organs have specialised cells called?
sensory receptors - specialized nerve cells
What is punctuate distribution of cutaneous receptors?
Cutaneous Sensory Receptors are clustered in certain spots instead of being uniformly distributed. This clustering is called punctate distribution.
Are eyes nose tongue and skin sensory receptors?
The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.
What is the sensory receptor in the eyes What is the sensory receptor in the nose What is the sensory receptors in the tongue What is the sensory receptors in the skin?
the sensory receptors for the eyes are the cornea and the optic nerve
Which layer of the skin is compose of thousands of sensory receptors?
The layer of the skin that contains sensory receptors is the epidermis. There have been reports of the dermis also containing sensory receptors.
Are the eyes ears nose tongue and skin are sensory receptors?
The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.
Are the eyes nose tongue and skin sensory receptors?
The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.
What type of receptors is found in our skin?
there is poo under the skin
What happens if our skin loses its sensory nature?
-The skin contains numerous sensory receptors which receive information from the outside environment -the sensory receptors of the skin are concerned with at least 5 senses:Pain, heat, cold, touch and pressure
Cutaneous sensory receptors that reside in the skin are part of what system?
Cutaneous sensory receptors in the skin are part of the somatosensory portion of the nervous system.
The sensory receptors of a withdrawal reflex are located in the?
Skin.
What kind os sensory information does the skin take in?
The skin takes in information through the sensory receptors. Sensory receptors that are located within the skin are known as nerve endings. Nerve endings take in sensory information related to touch.
What are the sensory receptors of the eyes ears nose skin and tongue?
The receptors of the eye are photo receptors, the ear has auditory receptors, the nose has olfactory (smell) receptors, the skin has tactile (touch)and thermo- (temperature) receptors and the tongue has gustatory (taste) receptors.
What are the names of the sensory receptors in the skin?
nerve endings
