Skin, muscles, tendons, joints, alimentary canal, and bladder have mechanical receptors that detect tissue strains, pressures/stresses (compression, tension, and torsion), motions, and vibrations {touch receptor}. Eight basic mechanoreceptor types each have many variations, making thousands of combinations. Skin has encapsulated tactile receptors, free-nerve-ending receptors, hair-follicle receptors, Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel cells, Pacinian corpuscles, palisade cells, and Ruffini endorgans.
Skin mechanoreceptors (thermoreceptor) can detect surface temperature. Muscles, tendons, joints, alimentary canal, and bladder have thermoreceptors. Skin mechanoreceptors (cold fiber) can detect decreased skin temperature. Cold receptors are mostly on face and genitals. Skin has receptors (warmth fiber) that detect increased skin temperature. Heat receptors are deep in skin, especially in tongue. Warm fibers are 30 times fewer than cool fibers.
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