Which mechanoreceptor(s) responds to light touch?

a. free nerve endings only
b. Pacinian corpuscle only
c. Ruffini endings only
d. free nerve endings and Meissner's corpuscle
e. Pacinian corpuscle and Ruffini endings


ANSWER: d

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