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What is the sensory receptor called for a touch receptor?
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- Merkel's touch corpuscles = in epidermis
- Meissner's touch corpuscles = in the papillary layer of dermis
- Tuft of Bonet = around the hair follicles
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoA1. viens.
a2. You actually have at least three different sensors for touch. One is for pressure that is felt deeply - such as a light prod. Another is for a sharp object. Another again is for a blunt object. And further is one for a light brushing - feather-touch - contact.
The 'sharp vs blunt touch one is extensively used in ER diagnostics. An open safety pin is touched to various parts, and the result is observed.
You should get someone to try this on you on the skin of your back. You'll learn something.
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∙ 14y agoSensory receptors for touch would be pressure-sensitive cells.
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∙ 14y agoChermoreceptors respond to changes in the chemical environment (for example, taste and smell).
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∙ 13y agoThe sensory receptor for touch is the Meissner's corpuscle.
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∙ 13y agosomatosensory or tactile receptors.
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∙ 10y agomechanoreceptors
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What is the function of Tactile cells?
Functions as a sensory receptor for touch.
What is an organ that contains receptor cells called?
A sensory organ. Sensory organs: skin, nose, tongue, ear and eyes.
What is the receptor of a reflex arc?
Sensory receptor located at the distal end of a neuron or an associated sensory structure. When stimulated it creates a receptor potential, when that reaches its threshold, it will trigger 1 or more nerve impulses in the sensory neuron.
Touching a hot stove stimulates which type of sensory receptor?
Pain receptor
What are sensory receptors?
A sensory receptor is a sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. The sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or action potentials in the same cell or in an adjacent one.
What is the function of tactile?
Functions as a sensory receptor for touch.
What is the function of Tactile cells?
Functions as a sensory receptor for touch.
The sensations of touch and pressure are picked up by receptors located in?
sensory receptor
Is the sensory receptor the first element in the sensory pathway?
Yes the sensory receptor is the first element.
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
What is the skin sensory receptor for touch?
The sense organ of touching is skin.
Can a first order sensory neuron sometimes be a sensory receptor?
The first order sensory neuron can sometimes be a sensory receptor because it is what sends the signal to the brain from the receptor. The second order goes from the brainstem to the thalamus.
What is an organ that contains receptor cells called?
A sensory organ. Sensory organs: skin, nose, tongue, ear and eyes.
What does the map of the sensory cortex reveal about the density of touch receptor?
The map of the sensory cortex reveal about the density of touch receptor a larger area of the cortex is devoted to analysis of cutaneous sensations arising from hands, lips and tongue than other areas. The motor cortex is located on the post central gyrus.
What is the receptor of a reflex arc?
Sensory receptor located at the distal end of a neuron or an associated sensory structure. When stimulated it creates a receptor potential, when that reaches its threshold, it will trigger 1 or more nerve impulses in the sensory neuron.
Is a control mechanism that intensifies an earlier reaction A sensory receptor An effector Negative feedback Positive feedback?
sensory receptor
Touching a hot stove stimulates which type of sensory receptor?
Pain receptor
