where are mechanoreceptors found in the body
Encapsulated. Location types: exteroceptors Stimulation types: Mechanoreceptors (probably modified Meissner's corpuscles). Found in the connective tissue of mucosae (mouth, conjuctive of eye) and of hairless skin near body openings (lips).
There are also mechanoreceptors in hairy skin, and the hair cells in the cochlea are the most sensitive mechanoreceptors, transducing air pressure waves into nerve signals sent to the brain.