A Fast-Adapting Tactile Receptor That Monitors Movements Across the Body

question 138

Multiple Choice

A fast-adapting tactile receptor that monitors movements across the body surface is a

• A)tactile (Merkel)disc.
• B)lamellar corpuscle.
• C)tactile (Meissner)corpuscle.
• D)Ruffini corpuscle.
• E)root hair plexus.

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