Perception of temperature

Article no. P9130600 | Type: Experiments

grades 5-7
10 Minutes
10 Minutes
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Pupils

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Student set Senses, TESS beginner Sciences

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Principle

Temperature stimuli are perceived by free nerve endings, cold stimuli also by the so-called Krause corpuscles, heat stimuli by the Ruffini corpuscles. The receptors respond to changes in temperature. The heat points measure the skin temperature in a range of 30 to 48°C, above 44°C they report pain.

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