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How does the width of the wire caliper relate to number of touch receptors in an area of skin?
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What touch receptors are located around the hair follicles?
touch receptors are connected to hair on the skin, so if a hair gets touched, you feel it
How do you test touch receptors in the arm?
touch something with your arm. if you can feel it, the touch recepters in your arm work.
Are there less touch receptors in the legs or arms?
Your arms
When you touch something cold what receptors would be activated?
cold receptors, it will probably cause you to shiver . hope this helped :)
What are the different senses of our body?
Sensory receptors are defined as dendrites of sensory neurons specialized for receiving specific kinds of stimuli without which we would not live long. The four general sense receptors are pain receptors, temperature receptors, touch receptors, and taste and smell receptors.
Can You List 3 Stimuli And The Receptors Used To Detect Them?
Touch - Mechanical receptors Light- Photo receptors Heat- Thermo receptors
What touch receptors are located around the hair follicles?
touch receptors are connected to hair on the skin, so if a hair gets touched, you feel it
Specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature touch etc?
Thermoreceptors
What are receptors that detect tactile cues such as touch pressure hearing and equilibrium?
These receptors are called nociceptors.
What major organ system is involved in the sense of touch?
The touch receptors found in the skin are responsible. These receptors are called Meissiners's corpuscle.
How do you test touch receptors in the arm?
touch something with your arm. if you can feel it, the touch recepters in your arm work.
What receptors adapt most slowly?
Nociceptors are the receptors that adapt most slowly. Other receptors include smell, touch, and pressure receptors, which adapt faster than nociceptors.
Are there less touch receptors in the legs or arms?
Your arms
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 are specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature and touch?
These are sensory receptors. They are classified according to their function. The one for touch is Mechanoreceptor and other for teperature is thermoreceptor.
When you touch something cold what receptors would be activated?
cold receptors, it will probably cause you to shiver . hope this helped :)
Are the touch receptors in the skin distributed evenly or unevenly?
Unevenly.
