MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

NEUROTRANSMISSION

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Human receptors are classified into the types
A
sensory and motor receptors
B
photoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, and thermoreceptors
C
Pacinian, Meissner, and Ruffini receptors
D
central, peripheral and sympathetic receptors
E
mechanical, electrical and gravitational
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Four major types of encapsulated mechanoreceptors are specialized to provide information to the central nervous system about touch, pressure, vibration, and cutaneous tension: Meissner’s corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel’s disks, and Ruffini’s corpuscles (Figure 9.3 and Table 9.1).

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