Special Skin Structures

Sensory receptors...

• Secrete substances

• Provide a barrier

• Detect stimuli

• Protect

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which skin receptors sense physical stimuli such as touch, pressure, vibration, and stretching?

• Thermoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Nociceptor

• Photoreceptors

Which skin receptors sense temperature?

• Thermoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Nociceptor

• Photoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which skin receptors sense pain?

• Thermoreceptor

• Mechanoreceptor

• Nociceptor

• Photoreceptors

What type of skin receptor is in the black box?

• Free nerve endings

• Ruffini's endings

• Merkel discs

• Hair follicle receptor

What type of skin receptor is in the black box?

• Free nerve endings

• Ruffini's endings

• Merkel discs

• Meissner's corpuscle

What type of skin receptor is in the black box?

• Pacinian corpuscle

• Ruffini's endings

• Merkel discs

• Meissner's corpuscle

What type of skin receptor is in the black box?

• Pacinian corpuscle

• Ruffini's endings

• Hair follicle receptor

• Meissner's corpuscle

What type of skin receptor is in the black box?

• Pacinian corpuscle

• Ruffini's endings

• Hair follicle receptor

• Meissner's corpuscle

What type of skin receptor is in the black box?

• Pacinian corpuscle

• Ruffini's endings

• Hair follicle receptor

• Meissner's corpuscle