Our sense of touch provides us with information that helps us to process and explore our world. Nerves play an important part in the sense of touch by being the wires that carry signals from the skin to the brain. But the body has a plan in place so that our brains don’t get overwhelmed with too much information. This plan is a lot like a blueprint for wiring a house. Just like a house has light switches and electrical outlets in strategic locations, our bodies have touch receptors of various numbers based on their location. In this lab, we will explore an arm to determine where the highest concentrations of nerves are in that limb.
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Could we use a bobby pin instead of a paperclip?
The only problem I would see if that a bobby pin isn’t just metal… it has a plastic covering over the ends.