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What skin receptors detect pressure?
The Merkel's disks are the receptors for pressure.
Why are meissner corpuscles not found in hairy skin?
Because the hair folicule ending can detect hair movement and therefore pressure, so the meissner corpuscles are not needed.
What sensory receptors are found in the epidermis and detect light pressure and vibration?
Meissner's corpuscles
What are two types of receptors in skin that detect fine touch?
Meissner's corpuscles and Merkel discs
Which mechanoreceptors detect deep pressure?
Pacinian corpuscle is sensitive to deep pressure.
What stimulus do Meissner's corpuscles detect?
They are pressure receptors so respond to their stimuli-pressure :) hope this helps
What layer of skin contains pacinian corpuscles?
The pacinian corpuscle is present in the dermis layer of the skin. Its function is to detect deep pressure and vibration.
Who built the Spanish-style churches found in the Southwest?
Spanish missioners.
Distinguish among the functions Pacinian corpuscles and Meissner corpuscles?
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What are the two types of receptors in the skin that detect fine touch?
There are not tow types of sensory receptors in the skin there are many types of sensory receptors in the skin i.e., in the CUTANEOUS RECEPTORS of the MECHANORECEPTORS. They are the: Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel's disc, Paccinian corpuscles, Ruffini's end organs, Free Nerve Endings and Hari Follicel Organs.
When white corpuscles eat red corpuscles what is the name of the condition?
Perneciuos Aneamia
Where are red and white corpuscles found?
Red and white corpuscles can be found in blood. Red corpuscles account for forty to fifty percent of the blood's volume.
