ANATOMY-

IIASSI
GNMENT NO.{2
}
NAME:
Mi
nhasMust
afa
ROLLNO:
BSMLS-
F20-
044(
2A)
TOPI
C:

SENSEOFTOUCHANDPRESSURE
(
ski
n)
SUBMI
TTEDTO:
SI
RAYAZAHMED

I
ntr
oduct
ion
Ourski
nactsasthe protecti
vebarr
ier 
betweenouri
nter
nalbody
sy
stemsandtheoutsi
dewor l
d.It’
snotonlythebody’
slar
gest
 sensor
y
or
gan,
 buti
t’
sal
sothelargest organ–per
iod!

Theskins“senseoftouch”i swhatgivesourbrainsawealt
hofinformati
on
aboutthenatural
environment ,i
ncl
udingtemperatur
e,humidi
ty,
andair
pressur
e.Mostimportantly
,thissenseoftouchletsusfeel
physical
pain–a
necessit
yforavoi
dinginjury,di
sease,anddanger.
I
tistrul
yamazinghowmuchi nformationwer
ecei
veabouttheworld
thr
oughoursenseoftouch,andalthoughwest
il
ldon’
tknowalltheinsand
outsofhowtheskinpercei
vestouch,whatwedoknowisinter
esti
ng.

I
MPORTANCE
Our 
senseoft ouch all
owsust oreceive
i
nformati
onaboutourinternalandext ernalenvi
ronment s,
making
i
t i
mportant 
forsensor
yper cepti
on.Our  
senseoft ouch al
lowsus
torecei
veinf
ormat i
onaboutouri nternalandexternal
envir
onments,makingit
 i
mpor tant forsensorypercept
ion.

Ther
mor
ecept
ors;
Astheirnamesuggest s,
thesereceptor
sperceiv
esensat
ionsrel
atedto
thet
emper atur
eofobjectstheski
nf eel
s.Theyaref
oundinthedermis
l
ayeroftheskin.Ther
earetwobasi ccategori
esoft
hermorecept
ors:hot
andcol
dr eceptor
s.

.Inthemammali
anperi
pher
alner
voussy
stem warmt
hreceptorsare
thoughtt
obe 
unmyel
inat
ed 
C-f
ibr
es 
(l
owconducti
onvel
ocit
y),whil
ethose
r
espondi
ngtocoldhavet
hinlymy el
i
nat
edAδaxons( fast
erconducti
on
v
eloci
ty)
.Theadequat
esti
mul usforawarmreceptori
swar ming,
which
r
esult
sinanincr
easei
ntheiracti
onpotent
ial
dischar
gerate.

Pai
nrecept
ors:
Thescienti
fi
ctermisnocireceptor.“
Noci -”i
nLat inmeans“ inj
uri
ous”or
“hurt
”whichisagoodcluet hattheser eceptorsdet ectpai
norstimulit
hat
canordoescausedamaget ot heskinandot hertissuesofthebody.
Thereareoverthr
eemi l
li
onpai nrecept or
sthr oughoutthebody ,
foundin
skin,
muscles,bones,
bloodv essels,andsome.
  Pr
opr
iocept
ors:
 InLat i
n,thewor d“ propri
us”means“ one’sown”andi susedinthe
nameoft heserecept orsbecauset heysenset hepositi
onofthe
dif
ferentpar t
soft hebodyi nrel
ationt oeachot herandthe
surroundingenv i
ronment .Propri
ocept orsar efoundintendons,
muscl es,andjointcapsules.Thislocat i
oni nthebodyal l
owsthese
specialcellstodetectchangesi nmuscl elengthandmuscl etensi
on.
Withoutpr opri
ocept ors,
wewoul dnotbeabl etodof undamental
thi
ngssuchasf eedi ngorclothi
ngour sel
ves.


Mechanor
ecept
ors
l
ocateddeeperinyourhandcansensethaty
ourhandisstr
etchi
ngar ound
t
hecan,thatpressur
eisbeingexert
edtohol
dthecan,andthatyourhand
i
sgraspi
ngt hecan.Propr
iocept
orsareal
sosensi
ngthehandstretchi
ng
aswel lashowthehandandf i
ngersareholdingt hecaninrelat
iontoeach
otherandt her
estofthebody .Evenwithallthisgoingon,your
somat osensor
ysystem isprobablysendi
ngev enmor ei
nformationtothe
brainthanwhatwasj ustdescri
bed.Mechanor eceptor
sarealsopr esenti
n
plantcell
swheretheyplayani mportantr
olei nnormalgrowth,
developmentandthesensi ngoftheirenv
ironment .

PRESSUREOF(
SKI
N){
Pressur
eSensat
ion}
Touch–pressure
sensati
on referstotheper ceptionofamai ntai
neddist
orti
onofthe ski
n,
suchasani ndentat
ion.The  sensati
on i
ncreasesi
nal i
nearfashi
on
as ski
n i
ndent ati
onincreases.Thesensor yrecept
orsresponsibl
efor
touch–pressur esensation areslowlyadapti
ngcutaneous
mechanor eceptors.
Thesensati
onofstressorstr
ain,compression,expansion,pull,
orshear,
usual
lycausedbyaf or
ceintheenv i
ronment. 
Pressure 
r eceptorsmay
i
nterl
ockoroverl
apwi t
hpainreceptorssothatonesensat i
onis
accompaniedbytheother
.The pressuresense issi
mi l
art othesensati
on
ofcontact
.

BEDSTORE;
ITalsocall
ed 
pressure ul
cersanddecubi tusul
cers—areinjur
ies
to 
skin 
andunderlyi
ngt i
ssuer esulti
ngf r
om prol
onged 
pressure 
ont
he ski
n.
Bedsoresmostof t
endev elopon  skin 
thatcover
sbonyareasofthebody,
suchast heheel
s,ankles,hipsandt ail
bone.
THANKYOU