Hair follicle nerve endings respond to pain and touch.
Cutaneous Receptors
Cutaneous Receptors.
Hair follicle nerve endings respond to external stimuli by detecting changes in temperature, pressure, and movement. When stimulated, these nerve endings send signals to the brain, which interprets the sensation as touch, pain, or other sensory information.
Nerve endings in the skin are located in the dermis and epidermis layers. These nerve endings are responsible for detecting sensations such as touch, pressure, temperature, and pain. They send signals to the brain to help us perceive and respond to the external environment.
Nerve endings in the skin detect sensations like pressure, temperature, and pain, sending signals to the brain for interpretation. This allows us to feel and respond to our environment through the sense of touch.
Thermoreceptors
These are sensory receptors. They are classified according to their function. The one for touch is Mechanoreceptor and other for teperature is thermoreceptor.
Thermoreceptors respond to temperature changes, detecting both hot and cold stimuli. Mechanoreceptors respond to mechanical stimuli such as touch, pressure, and vibration.
Skin nerve endings are specialized receptors that detect various stimuli, such as pressure, temperature, and vibration. When these nerve endings are stimulated by touch, they send signals to the brain, which interprets the information and creates the sensation of touch. In this way, skin nerve endings play a crucial role in our ability to feel and perceive the world around us through touch.
The four main types of nerve endings found in the skin are free nerve endings (responsible for pain and temperature sensation), Merkel discs (responsible for light touch and pressure), Meissner's corpuscles (responsible for light touch), and Pacinian corpuscles (responsible for deep pressure and vibration sensation).
Meissner corpuscle