NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSE
PERIPHERAL NERVE
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Question
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touching an ice cube
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a feather brushing your arm
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subbing your toe
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someone pinching you
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Detailed explanation-1: -Meissner’s Corpuscles These nerve endings are located just beneath the skin in very sensitive areas like your lips and your fingertips. The fact that they are superficially located may help explain why they deal primarily with the sensation of light touch, like a feather brushing up against your skin.
Detailed explanation-2: -[8] Mechanoreceptors respond to physical changes including touch, pressure, vibration, and stretch.
Detailed explanation-3: -Meissner corpuscles are involved in skin movement and object handling detection, and their primary stimulation is through dynamic deformation. Ruffini corpuscles primarily sense skin stretching, movement, and finger position. Pacinian corpuscles sense vibrations and detect fine textures.