Which type of sensory receptors is found in greatest numbers in the skin?

Pain receptors are neurons specialized in detecting mechanical stimuli found in greatest numbers in the skin.

They are sensory receptors that detect pain sensations and transmit them to other areas of the central nervous system.

These are located in different parts of the body, both in external and internal tissues and emit pain signals to the central nervous system, that is, to the brain and spinal cord.

Therefore, we can conclude that pain receptors are sensory receptors that respond to stimuli that injure tissues or could do so and found in greatest numbers in the skin.

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1: the largest region of the brain is the:

  cerebrum

2. the term "psychology" literally means:

the process or procedure of the science or study of the mind.

3. the area of the brain responsible for respiration, heart rate, and smooth muscle control of our blood vessels is t

medulla oblongata

4. the structure that conducts nerve impulses to and from the brain and serves as a reflex center for some sensory information without input from the brain is the:

spinal cord

5. the three-layered membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord and literally means membrane is called the:

meninges

6. the cord-like (string-like) structures that carry bio-electrical impulses from one part of the body to another are called

nerves

7. a group of nerve cell bodies that are found outside of the spinal cord and brain are referred to as:

ganglions or ganglia (pl.) “literal meaning knot”

8. the term that means spinal cord inflammation is:

myel/itis