A highly sensitive tactile receptor composed of dendritic processes of a single myelinated fiber that makes contact with specialized cells of the stratum basale is a
A) lamellar corpuscle.
B) tactile (Meissner) corpuscle.
C) Ruffini corpuscle.
D) tactile (Merkel) disc.
E) root hair plexus.
Answer: D
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