Editing Cutaneous receptor (section)

{{short description|Type of sensory receptor}}

A '''cutaneous receptor''' is a [[sensory receptor]] found in the skin that provides information about [[Thermoception|temperature]], [[Haptic perception|touch]] (including vibration and pain), [[Proprioception|spatial orientation]],[[Mechanoreceptor|pressure]] (stretching or squeezing), and [[Chemoreceptor|metabolic circumstances]] (including those induced by external chemical substances). The main four types of cutaneous receptors are [[tactile corpuscle]]s, [[bulbous corpuscle]]s, [[Pacinian corpuscle]]s, and [[Merkel nerve ending]]s, although the latter do not qualify as sensory corpuscles in the narrow sense.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cobo |first1=Ramón |last2=García-Piqueras |first2=Jorge |last3=Cobo |first3=Juan |last4=Vega |first4=José A. |date=2021-01-10 |title=The Human Cutaneous Sensory Corpuscles: An Update |journal=Journal of Clinical Medicine |language=en |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=227 |doi=10.3390/jcm10020227 |doi-access=free |issn=2077-0383 |pmc=7827880 |pmid=33435193}}</ref>