glabrous

Examples of glabrous in the following topics:

• Somatosensory Receptors

  • Merkel's disks are found in the upper layers of skin near the base of the epidermis, both in skin that has hair and on glabrous skin; that is, the hairless skin found on the palms and fingers, the soles of the feet, and the lips of humans and other primates.
  • They are found primarily in the glabrous skin on the fingertips and eyelids.
  • They are found in both glabrous and hairy skin.
  • Pacinian corpuscles, located deep in the dermis of both glabrous and hairy skin, are structurally similar to Meissner's corpuscles.

• Tactile Sensation

  • In the skin, there are four main types in glabrous (hairless) skin:
  • The Ruffini ending (Ruffini corpuscle or bulbous corpuscle) is a class of slowly adapting mechanoreceptors thought to exist only in the glabrous dermis and subcutaneous tissue of humans.

• Hair Removal

  • There are two general types of skin, hairy and glabrous skin .

• Overview of the Body's Surface

  • There are two general types of skin, hairy and glabrous skin.

• Integration of Signals from Mechanoreceptors

  • Touch receptors are denser in glabrous skin (the type found on human fingertips and lips, for example), which is typically more sensitive and is thicker than hairy skin (4 to 5 mm versus 2 to 3 mm).

• Somatosensation: Pressure, Temperature, and Pain

  • Examples of free receptors are the hair receptors at the roots of hairs, while encapsulated receptors are the Pacinian corpuscles and the receptors in the glabrous (hairless) skin: Meissner's corpuscles, Ruffini's corpuscles, and Merkel's discs.