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Classification of Sensory Receptors

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  • Free Nerve Endings


    Location: Exteroceptors, Interoceptors

    Stimulus Type: Nociceptors, thermoreceptors, & mechanoreceptors

    Body Location: most body tissues, abundant in epithelia and connective tissues

  • Merkel Discs


    Location: Exteroceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (light pressure)

    Body Location: At base of epidermis of skin

  • Root Hair Plexus


    Location: Exteroceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (hair deflection)

    Body Location: In and surrounding hair follicles

  • Meissner's Corpuscles


    Location: Exteroreceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (light pressure and discriminative touch)

    Body Location: Dermal papillae of hairless skin

  • Krause's End Bulbs


    Location: Exteroreceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (light pressure and discriminative touch)

    Body Location: Connective tissue of mucosae

  • Pacinian Corpuscles


    Location: Exteroreceptors, Interoreceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (deep pressure and stretch)

    Body Location: Subcutaneous tissue of skin, periostea, mesentery, tendons, ligaments, joint capsules, fingers, soles of feet, external genitalia, and nipples

  • Ruffini's Corpuscles


    Location: Exteroreceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (deep pressure and stretch)

    Body Location: Deep dermis, hypodermis, and joint capsules

  • Muscle Spindles


    Location: Proprioceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (muscle stretch)

    Body Location: Skeletal muscles, particularly those of the extremities

  • Golgi Tendon Organs


    Location: Proprioceptors

    Stimulus Type: Mechanoreceptors (tendon stretch)

    Body Location: Embedded in tendons