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Are pain receptors free nerve endings?
Free nerve endings functions as cutaneous receptors ( is a sensory receptor present on dermis or epidermis ). Present in vertebrates for sense of pain. they are frequently found on skin. *Muscle spindles
Where do your sense organs send information?
While your other four senses (sight, hearing, smell, and taste) are located in specific parts of the body, your sense of touch is found all over. This is because your sense of touch originates in the bottom layer of your skin called the dermis. The dermis is filled with many tiny nerve endings which give you information about the things with which your body comes in contact. They do this by carrying the information to the spinal cord, which sends messages to the brain where the feeling is registered. The nerve endings in your skin can tell you if something is hot or cold. They can also feel if something is hurting you. Your body has about twenty different types of nerve endings that all send messages to your brain. However, the most common receptors are heat, cold, pain, and pressure or touch receptors. Pain receptors are probably the most important for your safety because they can protect you by warning your brain that your body is hurt! Some areas of the body are more sensitive than others because they have more nerve endings. Have you ever bitten your tongue and wondered why it hurt so much? It is because the sides of your tongue have a lot of nerve endings that are very sensitive to pain. However, your tongue is not as good at sensing hot or cold. That is why it is easy to burn your mouth when you eat something really hot. Your fingertips are also very sensitive. For example, people who are blind use their fingertips to read Braille by feeling the patterns of raised dots on their paper. To learn more about Braille, click on the word "Braille" located on the left-hand side of this page!
What factors could affect for variation in sensitivity to touch from one person to another?
There is a great deal of variation in terms of sensitivity to touch from one person to another. The main factor is the number of nerve endings present.
What is the function of Touch?
touch receptors form neuronal fiber nets around the base of hairs and deep pressure receptors consist of nerve endings encapsulated by specialized connective tissues.
What is touch alarm?
Alarm which is sensitive to touch.
What would cause legs to feel like nerve endings are on surface causing sensitivity to touch?
I don't know....but my legs are sensitive to the touch....no pain just sensitive
Stratum basale cell and a nerve fiber create?
the only cell that ,in conjunction with sensory nerve endings, from sensitive touch receptors is located in the deepest stratum of the Epidermis is called "Merkel disc"
Hair follicle nerve endings respond to?
Hair follicle nerve endings respond to pain and touch.
What nerve endings in the skin respond to the lightest touch?
Tactile corpuscle are the nerve endings in the skin that respond to the lightest touch. They are most concentrated on the fingertips and lips.
What are the four nerve endings in the skin?
There are four nerve endings in the skin namely: Pacinian nerve endings for pain Krause nerve endings for cold Ruffinis nerve endings for Heat and warm Endorphins-- natural pain killers SAM MKT :)
Specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature touch?
Cutaneous Receptors
What are the specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature and touch?
Cutaneous Receptors.
Why are not all surfaces of your skin equally sensitive?
everybodys brain is either weaker or more powerful than anothers so that results in a more sensitive or less sensitive spinal cord and the spinal cord controls all your nerves and your nerves are what sense heat, cuts, touch, etc. p.s. I'm Einstein's nephew 405 generations.
Are there nerve endings in your skin?
Yes lots of them that is how you feel touch, heat, pain etc.
Nerve endings that respond to temperature and touch?
cutaneous receptors
Are pain receptors free nerve endings?
Free nerve endings functions as cutaneous receptors ( is a sensory receptor present on dermis or epidermis ). Present in vertebrates for sense of pain. they are frequently found on skin. *Muscle spindles
Describe how our body uses it's sense of touch?
The sense of touch is distributed throughout the body. Nerve endings in the skin and other parts of the body transmit sensations to the brain. Some parts of the body have a larger number of nerve endings and, therefore, are more sensitive. Four kinds of touch sensations can be identified: cold, heat, contact, and pain. Hairs on the skin magnify the sensitivity and act as an early warning system for the body. The fingertips and the sexual organs have the greatest concentration of nerve endings. The sexual organs have "erogenous zones" that when stimulated start a series of endocrine reactions and motor responses resulting in orgasm
