Match the specific receptor to its typical stimulus.

1. texture
2. flutter
3. stretch
4. vibration
5. temperature

A. free nerve ending
B. Merkel receptor
C. Meissner's corpuscle
D. Ruffini corpuscle
E. Pacinian corpuscle


1. B. Merkel receptor
2. C. Meissner's corpuscle
3. D. Ruffini corpuscle
4. E. Pacinian corpuscle
5. A. free nerve ending

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