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Specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature touch etc?
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Specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature touch?
Cutaneous Receptors
What are the specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature and touch?
Cutaneous Receptors.
What is a receptor nerve?
Nerve receptor is a specialized cell or nerve endings that respond to sensory stimuli.
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.
Hair follicle nerve endings respond to?
Hair follicle nerve endings respond to pain and touch.
Nerve endings that respond to temperature and touch?
cutaneous receptors
What region of the skin are the specialized nerve endings found?
Specialize nerve endings are found within the dermis of the skin.
What are two major properties of arteries?
One is that they must have somewhat muscular walls to handle the Pressure. Another is that they have specialized nerve sensors [endings] that detect (and respond to) pressure.
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 :)
Does skin sense temperature?
No. Skin does not sense temperature. Nerve endings in skin sense temperature.
Temperature senses use two types of?
free nerve endings
