HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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The ____ in the skin receive the stimuli that are interpreted in the brain as touch, heat, and cold and initiate the body’s response or actions to such.
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nerve
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pores
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Skin receptors (known as mechanoreceptors and cutaneous receptors also) enable us to detect the location of the stimulus when an outer force (i.e., touch, pressure, stretching, vibration, motion) applied and deformed our skin (Table 3.4) Each of the receptors is sensitive a specific type of stimulus.
Detailed explanation-2: -The dermis contains nerve endings, sweat glands and oil glands (sebaceous glands), hair follicles, and blood vessels. The nerve endings sense pain, touch, pressure, and temperature. Some areas of the skin contain more nerve endings than others.
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