Editing Cutaneous receptor (section)

==Modalities== <!--Cutaneous receptor modalities redirects here-->
With the above-mentioned receptor types the skin can sense the modalities touch, pressure, vibration, temperature and pain. The modalities and their receptors are partly overlapping, and are innervated by different kinds of [[Axon|fiber types]].

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|+Cutaneous receptors
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! [[stimulus modality|Modality]] !! Type !! [[Axon|Fiber type]]
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! Touch
| [[mechanoreceptor|Rapidly adapting cutaneous mechanoreceptors]] ([[tactile corpuscle]]s<br/> [[Pacinian corpuscle]]s<br/> [[hair plexus|hair follicle receptors]] <br/> some [[free nerve ending]]s) || [[Aβ fibers]] 
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! Touch and pressure
| [[mechanoreceptor|Slowly adapting cutaneous mechanoreceptors]] ([[Merkel nerve ending]] and [[bulbous corpuscle]]s<br/> some [[free nerve ending]]s) || [[Aβ fibers]] (Merkel and Ruffini's), [[A delta fiber|Aδ fibers]] (free nerve endings)
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! Vibration
| [[Tactile corpuscle]]s and [[Pacinian corpuscle]]s || [[Aβ fibers]] 
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! Temperature
| [[Thermoreceptor]]s || [[A delta fiber|Aδ fibers]] (cold receptors)<br/> [[C fibers]] (warmth receptors)
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! Pain and Itch
| [[Free nerve ending]] [[nociceptor]]s || [[A delta fiber|Aδ fibers]] (Nociceptors of [[neospinothalamic tract]]) <br/> [[C fibers]] (Nociceptors of [[paleospinothalamic tract]])
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