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Which of the following sensory receptors responds to touch and pressure?

Chemoreceptors
Mechanoreceptors
Nociceptors
Fibroreceptors

Explanation

Answer - B - Mechanoreceptors respond to touch and pressure. These receptors of mechanical force are significant to the fitness professional because they sense distortion in tissues during all forms of motion, such as the stretching of tendons and ligaments through exercise.

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