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