Assertion: dermis's nerve ending | /r/CapableOf | detect touch
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text: In addition, the skin serves as a minor excretory organ, since sweat removes small amounts of nitrogenous wastes produced by the body, and functions as a sense organ since it contains millions of nerve endings that detect touch, heat, cold, pain, and pressure.
text: The nerve endings sense pain, touch, pressure, and temperature.
text: The skin also functions as a sense organ in that it contains millions of nerve endings that detect touch, heat, cold, pain, and pressure.
text: Mechanosensory free nerve endings detect touch, pressure, stretching, as well as the tickle and itch sensations.