The ________ Are Distributed Throughout the Dermal Papillae and Are

question 97

Multiple Choice

The ________ are distributed throughout the dermal papillae and are involved in ________ touch.

• A) Merkel disks; very deep
• B) Pacinian corpuscles; very light
• C) Muscle spindles; fine proprioceptive
• D) Golgi tendon organs; limited awareness
• E) Meissner corpuscles; two-point discrimination

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