Tactile receptors located in the reticular dermis that are tonic and show little if any adaptation are called

A) Bulbous corpuscles.
B) lamellar corpuscles.
C) tactile (Meissner) corpuscles.
D) tactile discs.
E) root hair plexuses.


A

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