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Skin: Nervous?

Which nerves do what in your body?

Aired 12/01/2021 | Rating TV-G

Science Trek

Skin: Nervous?

Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Which nerves do what in your body?

Your skin has over five million tiny nerve endings that form your sense of touch. There are different types of nerves in your skin, each with a specific job. They help your feel pressure, texture, vibrations, heat, cold, pain, body position, even emotional response.

Aired 12/01/2021 | Rating TV-G

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Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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What is living on your skin? (1m 4s)

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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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