fingertips
Which of the following statements about mechanoreceptors is false? a. Pacini corpuscles are found in both glabrous and hairy skin. Merkels disks are abundant on the fingertips and lips. Ruffini endings are encapsulated mechanoreceptors. Meissners corpuscles extend into the lower dermis. Meissners corpuscles, shown in Figure 36.6 also known as tactile corpuscles, are found in the upper dermis, but they project into the epidermis. They, too, are found primarily in the glabrous skin on the fingertips and eyelids. They respond to fine touch and pressure, but they also respond to low-frequency vibration or flutter. They are rapidly adapting, fluid-filled, encapsulated neurons with small, well-defined borders and are responsive to fine details. Like Merkels disks, Meissners corpuscles are not as plentiful in the palms as they are in the fingertips.