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The skin of vertebrates represents and functions as a highly developed sensory organ enabling the organism to explore the near environment. Skin receptors are also used as sensors for body protection, reflexes and cutaneous neuro-vegetative reactions. The same receptor may be used for different functions but there are also receptors with one specific sensory function.
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Andres, K.H., v Düring, M. (1990). Comparative and Functional Aspects of the Histological Organization of Cutaneous Receptors in Vertebrates. In: Zenker, W., Neuhuber, W.L. (eds) The Primary Afferent Neuron. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0579-8_1
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