Which Afferents Have the Highest Spatial Resolution?

Maya Lin-Takahashi
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Slowly Adapting Type I (Sai) Afferents Respond Specifically to Indentation of Skin Containing Merkel Cell Merkel Cell Merkel Cells Are Touch-Sensitive Cells...

Which Afferents Have the Highest Spatial Resolution?

Slowly adapting type I (SAI) afferents respond specifically to indentation of skin containing Merkel cell

Merkel cell
Merkel cells are touch-sensitive cells that transduce touch via Piezo2 channels. The Merkel cell-neurite complex contains two sensory receptor cell types. Merkel cells and neurons together mediate different aspects of touch responses.
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-neurite complexes (Iggo and Muir, 1969), and have the highest spatial resolution of the afferent response profiles.

Which afferents have the highest spatial resolution quizlet?

Merkel-smallest receptive fields, high spatial resolution, form and texture.

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