Your skin is packed with specialized nerve endings, each tuned to a different sensation — light touch, deep pressure, temperature, or pain. Tap each receptor to find it.
Free nerve endings
skin cross-section · surface at top
Sensory receptorsthe skin's sensors
The receptors
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Sensory Receptors — BruceBlaus (Blausen), CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
