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Sonia Seymour
on Dec 19, 2024
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The ability to discriminate the distance between two points on the skin is MOST sensitive in:
A) hairy skin.
B) glabrous skin.
C) smooth skin.
D) epidermal skin.
Glabrous Skin
Areas of the skin that are naturally hairless, such as the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.
Discriminate
The ability to perceive and understand the difference between multiple stimuli or conditions, or the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things.
Distance
A measure of the spatial separation between two points or locations.
- Identify the distinctions in types and functions of sensory receptors spread throughout the body.
- Recognize the significance of skin sensitivity variation across different body parts and its underlying neurophysiological mechanisms.
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Learning Objectives
- Identify the distinctions in types and functions of sensory receptors spread throughout the body.
- Recognize the significance of skin sensitivity variation across different body parts and its underlying neurophysiological mechanisms.