- Function
- Light touch, low-frequency slip
- Quantity
- Share of ~230,000 tactile afferents
- Density
- Fingertip ~141 / cm²; palm much lower
- Distribution
- Glabrous skin — fingertips, palms, soles, lips; ~40% of hand fibers
Rapidly adapting. Live in dermal papillae. Critical for grip adjustment when an object starts to slip.