Which Skin Structure Is Important to the Sense of Touch

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which skin structure is important to the sense of touch?

• A) Krause's end bulbs
• B) Merkel's disks
• C) Pacinian corpuscles
• D) Free nerve endings

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