A Highly Sensitive Tactile Receptor Composed of Dendritic Processes of a Single

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Multiple Choice

A highly sensitive tactile receptor composed of dendritic processes of a single myelinated fiber that makes contact with specialized cells of the stratum basale is a

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

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