Question

Meissner corpuscles are responsible for

• A. Heat and present in skin
• B. Cold and present in skin
• C. Touch and present in skin
• D. Pain and present in skin

Answer 1

The correct option is C Touch and present in skin

General sense receptors of skin include Meissner's corpuscle, Pacinian corpuscle, free nerve ending, Ruffini's corpuscle, Krause's end-bulb. Dermis or true skin is a strong, flexible, connective tissue meshwork of collagen, reticular and elastic fibers. Most part of the skin is composed of the dermis. Dermis contains papillary and reticular layers. Papillary layer is next to stratum basale of the epidermis. It contains loose connective tissue within the bundles of collagenous fibers. It also contains loose capillaries, that nourish the epidermis. In some areas, papillary layer has special nerve endings that serve as touch receptors (Meissner's corpuscles).