Mechanoreceptors of the Mammalian Skin Ultrastructure and Morphological Classification

Whilst most of the senses (hearing, sight, smell and taste) have their own organs, the tactile sense is dependent on the sensory nerve endings of the periph eral processes of the nerve cells in the spinal ganglia. Some areas, such as the skin of the back, have relatively few nerve endings, whilst other parts (e.g.