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NEUROPHYSIOLOGY<br />

Cutaneous Sensory Receptors<br />

Basal<br />

epithelial<br />

cells<br />

Hair follicle<br />

Free nerve endings<br />

Hair shaft<br />

Melanocyte<br />

Arrector muscle of hair<br />

Sebaceous gland<br />

Cuticle<br />

Internal sheath<br />

External sheath<br />

Glassy<br />

membrane<br />

Connective<br />

tissue layer<br />

Hair cuticle<br />

Sweat gland<br />

Hair matrix<br />

Papilla of hair follicle<br />

Pacinian<br />

corpuscle<br />

Artery<br />

Detail of Merkel’s disc<br />

Meissner’s corpuscle<br />

Pore of sweat gland<br />

Vein<br />

Sensory nerves<br />

Elastic fibers<br />

Skin ligaments<br />

(retinacula cutis)<br />

Motor<br />

(autonomic)<br />

nerve<br />

Desmosomes<br />

Cutaneous<br />

nerve<br />

Stratum corneum<br />

Stratum<br />

lucidum<br />

Stratum<br />

spinosum<br />

Dermal<br />

papilla<br />

(of papillary<br />

layer)<br />

Reticular<br />

layer<br />

Stratum<br />

granulosum<br />

Subcutaneous<br />

artery and vein<br />

Cross section<br />

Stratum<br />

basale<br />

Epidermis Dermis Subcutaneous tissue<br />

Basement membrane<br />

Axon terminal<br />

Mitochondrion<br />

Schwann cell<br />

Cytoplasmic<br />

protrusion<br />

Merkel<br />

cell<br />

Mitochondria<br />

Lobulated<br />

nucleus<br />

Expanded<br />

axon terminal<br />

Granulated<br />

vesicles<br />

Axon<br />

©<br />

Schwann<br />

cell<br />

Schwann cells<br />

Detail of free nerve ending<br />

FIGURE 2.23<br />

SKIN AND CUTANEOUS RECEPTORS •<br />

Cutaneous receptors respond to touch (mechanoreceptors), pain<br />

(nociceptors), and temperature (thermoreceptors). Several different<br />

types of receptors are present in skin. Meissner’s corpuscles have<br />

small receptive fields and respond best to stimuli that are applied<br />

at low frequency (i.e., flutter). The pacinian corpuscles are located<br />

in the subcutaneous tissue and have large receptive fields. They<br />

respond best to high-frequency stimulation (i.e., vibration).<br />

Merkel’s discs have small receptive fields and respond to touch and<br />

pressure (i.e., indenting the skin). Ruffini’s corpuscles have large<br />

receptive fields, and they also respond to touch and pressure. Free<br />

nerve endings respond to pain and temperature.<br />

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