Receptor types

Question	Answer
What do free nerve endings detect? What is their rate of adaption?	Temperature and Pain, Slow
What do Meissner corpuscles detect? What is their rate of adaption?	Touch and pressure, Rapid
What do pacinian corpuscles detect? What is their rate of adaption?	Deep pressure vibration, Rapid
What do Merkel disks detect? What is their rate of adaption?	Touch and pressure, slow
What do Ruffins corpuscle detect? What is their rate of adaption?	Stretching, Slow
What do Karaus end blubs detect? What is their rate of adaption?	Cold, Slow
Which two receptors have a small receptive field? Which two receptors have a large receptive field? How does the receptive field affect the definition of their boarders.	Small receptive area - Messiner corpuscle, Merkle Disk. Large receptive area - Pacinian corpuscles and ruffins corpuscle. As the receptive field the boarder becomes more vague.
Which two receptors detect deep pressure?	Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffins corpuscle.

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