Answer
The skin has several types of sense receptors that respond to stimulation by various sensory stimuli; these include the following:
Meissner's corpuscles; these are tactile discs that respond to light touch, pressure, and vibration
Merkel's discs are slow adapting receptors that respond to touch and pressure
Pacinian corpuscles respond to vibration and deep pressure
Ruffini's endings respond to stretch (deformation) and pressure
Free non-specialized nerve endings--respond pain( nociceptive ) and temperature stimuli.
Work Step by Step
Free nerve endings are very versatile in that they respond to stimuli of several modalities--mechanical, temperature, and nociceptive stimuli.
