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Nerve ending types
Principals
9
Health Care
Professional
05/09/2013

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Term
Found in the dermis=crude touch and pressure
Definition
Merkel’s disc
Term
Found in the deep subcutaneous=vibration
Definition
Pacinian corpuscle
Term
Found in the dermal papillae=light touch
Definition
Meissner corpuscle
Term
Found in the deep subcutaneous tissue=mechanoreceptor
Definition
Ruffini endings
Term
Found in the upper dermis=cold
Definition
Krause bulb
Term
Found in tendons=load or tension changes
Definition
Golgi tendon organ
Term
Found in muscle=changes in the muscle length
Definition
Muscle spindle
Term
Found in the tongue, olfactory mucosa, carotid body and blood vessels
Definition
Chemoreceptor
Term
Found in the retina
Definition
Photoreceptor
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