Generally, the senses of the skin are somewhat specialized with
Select one:
a. Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini's endings, and Krause's end bulbs detecting pain.
b. Meissner's corpuscles and Merkel's disks detecting fine touch.
c. one type of nerve cell detecting both hot and cold.
d. all types spread uniformly in the dermal tissue throughout the body.
e. temperature receptors, free nerve endings in the dermis.
b. Meissner's corpuscles and Merkel's disks detecting fine touch.
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