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Your skin is covered with sensors that help you tell the difference between hot and cold!Loading...
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These are called thermoreceptors and they help you avoid burning your hand on a stove, or freezing your hand on cold medal in the middle of winter!Loading...
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You also have specialized sensors that help you tell when you’ve touched something, like picking up a baseball or grabbing onto a door handle. These specialized sensors are called Meissner’s Corpuscles!Loading...
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