Vibrations are detected by which types
of receptors?
a) Slowly adapting
b) Rapidly adapting
c) Non-adapting
d) None of the above
Correct Answer - B
Ans. B. Rapidly adapting
Rapidly adapting touch receptors - Pacinian corpwcle, Meissner’s
corpuscle.
Slowly adapting touch receptors - Merkel’s disc, Ruffini’s end organ.
No adaptation - Nociceptors (Pain receptors), vestibular receptors,
muscle spindle.