How is temperature perceived by the body receptors?
What will be an ideal response?
Temperature receptors are found in the dermis, in skeletal muscles, in the liver, and in the hypothalamus, with cold receptors being three to four times more numerous than heat receptors. Temperature sensations are conducted along the same pathways as those that carry pain sensations, reaching the reticular formation, the thalamus, and some of the primary sensory cortex. Temperature receptors are phasic receptors, active when the temperature is changing but quickly adapting to stable temperatures.
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