Receptors of conscious proprioception include muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs.
Pacinian corpuscles have pressure sense and vibration sense. Free nerve endings on hair follicles also transmit information about fine touch. Meissner corpuscles transmit information about fine touch and two-point discrimination. Tactile mechanoreceptors include Meissner corpuscles, free nerve endings on hair follicles, and Pacinian corpuscles. These receptors classify into two types: tactile mechanoreceptors and conscious proprioception. The peripheral (distal) axons receive various signal inputs from the skin via the receptors associated with the DCML pathway. The pseudounipolar neurons contain peripheral (distal) and central (proximal) axonal processes. The cell body of the dorsal root ganglia, which is composed of pseudounipolar neurons, characterizes the first-order neuron of the pathway. There are three orders of neurons involved in this pathway that orchestrate signal transmission from the skin and joints to the cerebral cortex. The primary function of the dorsal column medial lemniscus (DCML) pathway is to convey sensory information regarding fine touch, two-point discrimination, conscious proprioception, and vibration sensations to the postcentral gyrus in the cerebral cortex from our skin and joints, excluding the head.