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Free nerve endings
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Sensitive to touch and pressure; are situated b/n epidermal cells, on corneal surface of eye
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Root hair plexus
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Monitors distortions and movements across the body surface
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Merkel discs
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Fine touch & pressure receptors; extremely sensitive
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Meissner's capuscles
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Perceive sensations of fine touch, pressure and low frequency vibration
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Pacinian corpuscles
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Sensitive to deep pressure, notbaly in fingers, mammary glands, & external genitalia
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Ruffini corupscles
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Sensitive to pressure and distortion of the skin; located in the deep dermis
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