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Your main sensors in the skin are those for some types of pain or touch. We can distinguish a sharp from a blunt touch, and a brushing with a wisp of cotton wool will elicit a different sensation again. Vibration is a separate touch sensation again, as is also the detection of heat and cold.
Perhaps you could consider smell (olfaction) to be a skin sense, but here the smell is first dissolved in the mucus before detection.
[I had a side effect of a drug, which numbed the sense of vibration - it was only felt as a blunt touch. The operand was a tuning fork, which produces a small vibration at the stem. The proper sensations returned after >12 months off the drug.]
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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 general category of sensory receptors detects variations in temperature?
themorecptrs
Are cold or heat receptors more numerous?
More cool receptors than warm receptors in the skin.
Your sense organs have specialised cells called?
sensory receptors - specialized nerve cells
What is punctuate distribution of cutaneous receptors?
Cutaneous Sensory Receptors are clustered in certain spots instead of being uniformly distributed. This clustering is called punctate distribution.
Are eyes nose tongue and skin sensory receptors?
The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.
Which layer of the skin is compose of thousands of sensory receptors?
The dermis layer of the skin is composed of thousands of sensory receptors, including touch receptors, temperature receptors, and pain receptors. These receptors help you to feel sensations and respond to your environment.
Are the eyes nose tongue and skin sensory receptors?
The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.
Cutaneous sensory receptors that reside in the skin are part of what system?
Cutaneous sensory receptors in the skin are part of the somatosensory portion of the nervous system.
What kind os sensory information does the skin take in?
The skin takes in information through the sensory receptors. Sensory receptors that are located within the skin are known as nerve endings. Nerve endings take in sensory information related to touch.
What are the names of the sensory receptors in the skin?
nerve endings
The sensory receptors of a withdrawal reflex are located in the what?
Skin.
What causes the skin to feel sensations?
The proprioceptors are the sensory receptors and the end of the sensory nerves.
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.
Are the eyes ears nose tongue and skin are sensory receptors?
The eyes, nose, skin and tongue HAVE sensory receptors.
Which sensory rceptor is found in the greatest number in the skin?
Pacinian corpuscles are the sensory receptors found in the greatest number in the skin. They are responsible for detecting pressure and vibration stimuli.
Where are the sensory receptors located in the skin?
they are located just below the skin at two depths
