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free nerve ending

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Noun1.free nerve ending - microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
nerve end, nerve ending - the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
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Pain receptors are usually free nerve endings and are receptors to chemical, mechanical and thermal pain sensation usually found in the skin, internal and joint surfaces.
Pain Management by ANILBOBAL / Health, general community
FETAL DEVELOPMENT Fetal skin contains free nerve endings (the alarm buttons) responsible for initial registration of noxious stimulation, from about seven weeks' gestation.
The fetus does not feel pain by Derbyshire, Stuart W. / Conscience
Free nerve endings and encapsulated mechanoreceptors (Ruffini's and Vater-Pacini corpuscles) have been identified in this tissue leading to suggestions that the thoracolumbar fascia may play a neurosensory role (Yahia et al.
Anatomy in practice: lumbar zygapophysial joint palpation by Cornwall, Jon; Mercer, Susan R. / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
 
 
 
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