Nerve supply to the skin the kind of sensory inputs which project to a specific region of the primary somatosensory cortex. Groups of nerve terminals located in the different layers of the skin are categorized depending on whether the skin is hairy, nonhairy, or an exposed mucous membrane. The hairy parts of the body such as the forearm or the leg have two groups of nerve endings: those that end along with the hair follicles, and also with the arborizations of unmyelinated axons which are referred to as “free” nerve endings because they are served by both myelinated and unmyelinated axons. Nonhairy skin, such as
The World of Skin earlier Swans work, but combined this with a greater use of melody ("Red Rose" is typical of this). "Blood, Women, Roses" was followed in 1988 by "Shame, Humility, Revenge", which featured vocals by Michael Gira (although Jarboe did perform some backing vocals). The first two albums were released only in Europe, but most of the albums’ tracks were combined in the US release "World of Skin" (released under the band name World of Skin), which was followed by the final World of Skin release, "Ten Songs for Another World". This album featured vocals from both performers, including a cover of