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azncindy619

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Which of the receptors below are used by the body to detect vibration?
 
  a. Ruffini corpuscles
  b. free nerve endings
  c. Meissner's corpuscles
  d. Pacinian corpuscles
  e. Dieter's cells

Question 2

________ detect changes in temperature and pain.
 
  a. Ruffini corpuscles
  b. Free nerve endings
  c. Meissner's corpuscles
  d. Pacinian corpuscles
  e. Dieter's cells



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. Pacinian corpuscles

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. Free nerve endings





 

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