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Glabrous skin
Introduction
On the human body, glabrous skin is skin that is hairless. It is found on fingers, palmar surfaces of hands, soles of feet, lips, and penises.
Sensation
Sensation
There are four main types of mechanoreceptors in the glabrous skin of humans; Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner’s corpuscles, Merkel’s discs, and Ruffini corpuscles.
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