thermoreceptor

Examples of thermoreceptor in the following topics:

• Somatosensation: Pressure, Temperature, and Pain

  • The receptors in the skin, also called cutaneous receptors, tell the body about the three main subdivisions mentioned above: pressure and surface texture (mechanoreceptors), temperature (thermoreceptors), and pain (nociceptors).
  • Thermoreceptors detect changes in temperature through their free nerve endings.
  • There are two types of thermoreceptors that signal temperature changes in our own skin: warm and cold receptors.
  • Our sense of temperature is a result of the comparison of the signals from each of the two types of thermoreceptors.