Multiple choice

Pacinian corpuscles occurring in the skin of certain parts of the body in mammals, are

  1. Pain receptors

  2. Tactile receptors

  3. Gland-type

  4. Proprioceptors
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Pacinian corpuscles are  tactile receptors (tangoreceptors) occur in deeper layer of skin dermis of palms, sole, fingers, external genitals, nipples, arms , neck, joints ect. These are oval, spherical or irregularly coiled and very characteristic in structure. All tactile receptors are involved in deterction of vibration, although different receptors detect different receptors detect different frequencies of vibration. (30 - 800 cycles per second by pacinian corpuscles. 

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