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Sensory Receptors

Your skin is packed with special nerve endings. Each one is tuned to a different feeling, such as light touch, deep pressure, temperature, or pain. Tap each receptor to find it.

Free nerve endings

skin cross-section · surface at top
Sensory receptorsthe sensors in your skin

The receptors

📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Sensory Receptors reference figure
Sensory Receptors — BruceBlaus (Blausen), CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)