A very large, fast-adapting tactile receptor that is composed of a single dendrite enclosed by concentric layers of collagen is a
A) Ruffini corpuscle.
B) lamellar corpuscle.
C) tactile (Meissner) corpuscle.
D) tactile (Merkel) disc.
E) root hair plexus.
Answer: B
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