Of course. But the discourses of history books have been told exclusively by the privileged gender: men. Womenâs studies is not an alternative, but an expansion of traditional historical study in which women are given a voice. (9/22 Edit for Clarification)
Noun. 1. nerve ending-the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse. nerve end. axon, axone-long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron. free nerve ending-microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor. Pacinian corpuscle-a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals.
The afferent nerve endings that sense stimuli originating from outside of the body such as touch, vibration, pain, vision, and sound are called exteroceptors. 'Extero' in exteroceptors implies something from the outside. 'Ceptors' is a shortened form of receptors.