<prompt> The mechanoreceptors in joints and ligaments are:Fast adaptingSlow adaptingNon adaptingAdapt differentially for different stresses  <response>: Ans. b. Slow adaptingRapidly adapting phasic receptors: Meissners and Pacinian corpuscles.Slowly adapting tonic receptors: Merkel cells and Ruffini endings, muscle spindle and nociceptors. Light touch would be distracting if it were persistent; and, conversely, slow adaptation of spindle input is needed to maintain posture.Stretch receptors in joints and ligaments are needed to maintain the posture, hence, they are slowly adapting in natureThe mechanostretch receptors in joints and ligaments are slow adapting 