A fast-adapting tactile receptor that monitors movements across the body surface is a

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


Answer: E

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