Sense OrganFree Nerve Endingsterminationes nervorum liberaeWhole BodyFree nerve endings are bare, branching sensory nerve terminals with no capsule, found in the epidermis,…
Sense OrganGolgi Tendon Organsorgana sensoria tendinumWhole BodyGolgi tendon organs are encapsulated receptors at the junction between muscle and tendon. Each lies in…
Sense OrganHair Follicle Receptorsterminationes nervorum folliculorum piliWhole BodyHair follicle receptors are nerve endings wrapped around and running along the roots of hair follicles…
Sense OrganKrause End Bulbscorpuscula bulboideaWhole BodyKrause end bulbs (bulboid corpuscles) are small encapsulated nerve endings found in the lips, tongue, conjunctiva…
Sense OrganMeissner Corpusclescorpuscula tactusWhole BodyMeissner corpuscles are small, encapsulated touch receptors in the dermal papillae just beneath the epidermis. They…
Sense OrganMerkel Cellsepitheliocyti tactusWhole BodyMerkel cells are specialised cells in the basal layer of the epidermis that form touch receptors…
Sense OrganMuscle Spindlesfusi neuromuscularesWhole BodyMuscle spindles are small, capsule-bound stretch receptors lying parallel to ordinary muscle fibres in nearly all…
Sense OrganNociceptorsnociceptoresWhole BodyNociceptors are sensory nerve endings that respond to stimuli that damage or threaten to damage tissue,…
Sense OrganPacinian Corpusclescorpuscula lamellosaWhole BodyPacinian corpuscles are large, oval receptors up to a few millimetres long, made of many onion-like…
Sense OrganRuffini Endingscorpuscula sensoria fusiformiaWhole BodyRuffini endings are spindle-shaped, slowly adapting receptors in the deeper dermis and in joint capsules and…
Sense OrganThermoreceptorsthermoreceptoresWhole BodyThermoreceptors are free nerve endings in the skin that sense temperature. Separate warm and cold receptors…
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