Free nerve ending

Japanese: free nerve ending(英語表記)freenerveending
Free nerve ending

…the central nervous system is made up of neurons in the central nervous system that form synaptic connections with the central nervous system. The peripheral nerve endings are either free (such as pain fibers), encapsulated (such as lamellar corpuscles and Meissner's corpuscles), or connected to sensory cells. Sensory information from the skin, muscles, fascia, joints, periosteum, internal organs, blood vessels, and other parts of the body is transmitted to the central nervous system by the neurons in the sensory ganglia.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "free nerve ending" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中枢性突起のほうは,中枢神経内に入って中枢神経系のニューロンとシナプス結合する。末梢性突起のほうは,その末端が自由終末free nerve endingとなっているもの(痛覚繊維などの場合),特別の被膜をもつもの(被膜性終末encapsulated nerve ending。たとえば層板小体,マイスネル小体など),感覚細胞sensory cellと連絡するものなどがあり,皮膚,筋,筋膜,関節,骨膜,内臓,血管など身体各部からの情報は,すべて感覚神経節のニューロンによって中枢神経系に伝達される。…

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