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  2. Cutaneous receptor - Wikipedia

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    Cutaneous receptors are at the ends of afferent neurons. works within the capsule. Ion channels are situated near these networks. In sensory transduction, the afferent nerves transmit through a series of synapses in the central nervous system, first in the spinal cord, the ventrobasal portion of the thalamus, and then on to the somatosensory cortex.

  3. Mechanoreceptor - Wikipedia

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    Cutaneous mechanoreceptors respond to mechanical stimuli that result from physical interaction, including pressure and vibration. They are located in the skin, like other cutaneous receptors. They are all innervated by Aβ fibers, except the mechanorecepting free nerve endings, which are innervated by Aδ fibers. Cutaneous mechanoreceptors can ...

  4. Cutaneous reflex in human locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Cutaneous receptors are a type of sensory receptor, which respond to stimuli (touch, pressure, pain, temperature) that provide information regarding contact with the external environment. A common reflex involving cutaneous receptors is the crossed extensor reflex. This reflex is recruited when we experience a painful stimulus on the bottom of ...

  5. Mechanosensation - Wikipedia

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    Aδ fibers are characterized by thin axons and thin myelin sheaths, and are either D-hair receptors or nociceptive neurons. Aδ fibers conduct at a rate of up to 25 m/s. D-hair receptors have large receptive fields and very low mechanical thresholds, and have been shown to be the most sensitive of known cutaneous mechanoreceptors.

  6. Cutaneous receptors - Wikipedia

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  7. Bulboid corpuscle - Wikipedia

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    The bulboid corpuscles (end-bulbs of Krause, Krause corpuscles) are cutaneous receptors in humans and other animals. The end-bulbs of Krause were named after the German anatomist Wilhelm Krause (1833–1910). [1] [2]

  8. Group A nerve fiber - Wikipedia

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    Type Aβ fibres, and type Aγ, are the type II afferent fibers from stretch receptors. [1] Type Aβ fibres from the skin are mostly dedicated to touch. However a small fraction of these fast fibres, termed "ultrafast nociceptors", also transmit pain. [6] Type Aδ fibers are the afferent fibers of nociceptors. Aδ fibers carry information from ...

  9. Bulbous corpuscle - Wikipedia

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    This spindle-shaped receptor is sensitive to skin stretch, and contributes to the kinesthetic sense of and control of finger position and movement. [3] They are at the highest density around the fingernails where they act in monitoring slippage of objects along the surface of the skin, allowing modulation of grip on an object.