A highly sensitive tactile receptor composed of dendritic processes of a single myelinated fiber that makes contact with specialized cells of the stratum germinativum is a
A) Ruffini corpuscle.
B) lamellated corpuscle.
C) root hair plexus.
D) tactile Meissner) corpuscle.
E) tactile Merkel) disc.

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The tactile Merkel disc is a highly sensitive receptor composed of the dendritic processes of a single myelinated fiber that contacts specialized cells in the stratum germinativum (basal layer of the epidermis).

A Highly Sensitive Tactile Receptor Composed of Dendritic Processes of a Single