somatic receptor

somatic receptor

any of the sensory organs located in the skin, including the deeper kinesthetic sense organs (see kinesthesis). Types of somatic receptors include free nerve endings, Merkel’s tactile disks, Meissner’s corpuscles, Krause end bulbs, Golgi tendon organs, and basket endings.

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