Supporting cells and connective tissue organization define nerve terminal relationships. These features determine the modality of the afferent fiber terminal. Meisners corpuscles are for light touch.

Supporting cells and connective tissue organization define nerve terminal relationships. These features determine the modality of the afferent fiber terminal. Meisners corpuscles are for light touch.
Free endings are the only teledendrons that penetrate the basement membrane into the ectoderm (epithelium). Krause end bulbs sense cold and Ruffini endings sense heat. The intensity is determined from the rate of action potential firing.

Free endings are the only teledendrons that penetrate the basement membrane into the ectoderm (epithelium). Krause end bulbs sense cold and Ruffini endings sense heat. The intensity is determined from the rate of action potential firing.