Meissner's corpuscles present in which layer of skin?: (A) Papillary dermis, (B) Reticular dermis, (C) Stratum basale, (D) Stratum lucidum
Answer is A. Meissner's corpuscles (Tactile corpuscles) are a type of mechanoreceptor, responsible for sensitivity to light touch. -Location-most concentrated in thick hairless skin and in areas especially sensitive to light touch, such as the fingers and lips. -More specifically, they are primarily located in glabrous skin just beneath the epidermis within the dermal papillae.