- The
Pacinian corpuscle (also
lamellar corpuscle, or Vater-Pacini
corpuscle) is a low-threshold
mechanoreceptor responsive to
vibration or pressure, found...
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Corpuscle (/ˈkɔːrpəsəl/) or corpuscule,...
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Tactile corpuscles or Meissner's
corpuscles are a type of
mechanoreceptor discovered by
anatomist Georg Meissner (1829–1905) and
Rudolf Wagner. This corpuscle...
- A
renal corpuscle (or
Malpighian body) is the blood-filtering
component of the
nephron of the kidney. It
consists of a
glomerulus - a tuft of capillaries...
- The
bulbous corpuscle,
Ruffini ending or
Ruffini corpuscle is a
slowly adapting mechanoreceptor located in the
cutaneous tissue between the
dermal papillae...
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least two
anatomical structures called a
Malpighian corpuscle. They are also
known as:
Renal corpuscles — the
initial filtering component of
nephrons in...
- The
bulboid corpuscles (end-bulbs of Krause,
Krause corpuscles) are
cutaneous receptors in
humans and
other animals. The end-bulbs of
Krause were named...
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functional unit of the kidney. It is
composed of a
renal corpuscle and a
renal tubule. The
renal corpuscle consists of a tuft of
capillaries called a glomerulus...
- type 2 (SA2) mechanoreceptors, with the
Ruffini corpuscle end-organ (also
known as the
bulbous corpuscles),
detect tension deep in the skin and
fascia and...
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White blood cells (scientific name leukocytes), also
called immune cells or immunocytes, are
cells of the
immune system that are
involved in protecting...
