Editing Thermoreceptor (section)

==Distribution==
Warm and cold receptors play a part in sensing innocuous environmental temperature. Temperatures likely to damage an organism are sensed by sub-categories of [[nociceptor]]s that may respond to noxious cold, noxious heat or more than one noxious stimulus modality (i.e., they are polymodal) {{cn|date=October 2024}}.  The nerve endings of sensory neurons that respond preferentially to cooling are found in moderate density in the skin but also occur in relatively high spatial density in the [[cornea]], [[tongue]], [[bladder]], and facial skin {{cn|date=October 2024}}. The speculation is that lingual cold receptors deliver information that modulates the sense of taste; i.e. some foods taste good when cold, while others do not.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-22 |title=Why Does Food Taste Different When It's Cold Vs. When It's Hot? |url=https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/why-does-food-taste-different-when-its-cold-vs-when-its-hot.html |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Science ABC |language=en-US}}</ref>