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Receptors Corpuscles Touch Present End Skin Meissner's Papillae

Front Receptors present in skin
Back 1) Meissner's Corpuscles:
.touch receptors
.present in papillae within ridges of the fingertips
.they have spiral and twisted endings, which end in a knob

2) Pacinian Corpuscles:
.pressure receptors
.present deep in the body
.encapsulated

3) Hair end organs:
.touch stimulus

4) Free nerve endings:
. pain receptors

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