Pressure receptors that consist of a large oval-shaped, multilayered connective tissue capsule that encloses a dendrite are called

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Lamellated corpuscles have a large oval-shaped, multilayered connective tissue capsule that encloses a dendrite. The corpuscles of touch are also pressure receptors, but they have a smaller, flattened shape. Type II cutaneous mechanoreceptors are pressure receptors found in the dermis, but they do not have the same multilayered capsule structure as lamellated corpuscles. Hair root plexuses are nerve endings surrounding hair follicles and are not specifically pressure receptors. Nociceptors are pain receptors and do not detect pressure.

Pressure Receptors That Consist of a Large Oval-Shaped, Multilayered Connective