pacinian corpuscles function - ✔️✔️detect mechanical sensory information of pressure
applied to skin
thermoceptors function - ✔️✔️detect hot and cold
sensory organs function - ✔️✔️designed to detect sensory information and relay
information to brain
true or false: thermoreceptors detect fine touch - ✔️✔️false
true or false: merkel's cells and meisner's corpuscles are thermoceptors - ✔️✔️false
true or false: pacinian corpuscles detect pressure - ✔️✔️true
what does an exocrine gland contain and how do its contents reach the surface of the
skin - ✔️✔️-contains secretions
-released through duct into an epithelial surface or lining
Sebaceous glands - ✔️✔️-oil glands
-produce sebum
sebum definition - ✔️✔️helps keep skin and hair from drying out and cracking and inhibits
growth of harmful microbes
Sweat glands are also called ______ - ✔️✔️sudoriferous glands
sweat glands - ✔️✔️-Produce sweat in almost every part of the skin
-perspiration
thermoregulation - ✔️✔️helps body to regulate its temperature
-perspiration is one method
what type of cells make up the epithelium? - ✔️✔️stratified squamous
stratified squamous epithelium - ✔️✔️layers of flat cells
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