What type of receptors would primarily be involved in sensing temperature changes?

Thermoreceptors are specialized sensory receptors that are specifically designed to detect changes in temperature. They are located throughout the skin and other tissues and play a critical role in the body’s ability to perceive temperature sensations. These receptors can be further categorized into hot receptors and cold receptors, which respond to increases and decreases in temperature, respectively. However, thermoreceptors is the broader term that encompasses all these temperature-sensing mechanisms.

In contrast, pain receptors are more involved in detecting harmful stimuli, such as extreme temperatures that may cause tissue damage, rather than just temperature changes themselves. Hot receptors specifically respond to warmth, and cold receptors respond to cooler temperatures, but it is the thermoreceptors that include both types and thus represent the complete mechanism involved in temperature sensation.