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 ==== Free nerve endings ==== ==== Free nerve endings ====
 Free nerve endings - their primary function is to transmit information about pain, including that caused by excessive heat. Among the pain receptors (nociceptors) we distinguish mechanical receptors responsible for the sensation of sharp, stabbing, well-localized pain and polymodal receptors that produce an inaccurately localized sensation of poorly tolerated pain; pain receptors do not adapt. [([[https://www.britannica.com/science/free-nerve-ending|Britannica]])] Free nerve endings - their primary function is to transmit information about pain, including that caused by excessive heat. Among the pain receptors (nociceptors) we distinguish mechanical receptors responsible for the sensation of sharp, stabbing, well-localized pain and polymodal receptors that produce an inaccurately localized sensation of poorly tolerated pain; pain receptors do not adapt. [([[https://www.britannica.com/science/free-nerve-ending|Britannica]])]
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