- Corpuscularianism, the
atomistic view that all
physical objects are
composed of
corpuscles,
which was
dominant among 17th
century European thinkers The corpuscular...
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cutaneous receptors. The
corpuscles are
present in skin
notably on both
surfaces of the
hands and feet, arms, and neck.
Pacinian corpuscles are also
found on...
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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...
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function of H****all's
corpuscles in vivo. In the past decade,
researchers found tissue-specific self-antigens in H****all's
corpuscles and
revealed their...
- 029. PMID 17997501.
Gulliver G (1875). "On the size and
shape of red
corpuscles of the
blood of vertebrates, with
drawings of them to a
uniform scale...
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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...
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Colostrum (from Latin, of
unknown origin) is the
first form of milk
produced by the
mammary glands of
humans and
other mammals immediately following delivery...
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papillae and the hypodermis. It is
named after Angelo Ruffini.
Ruffini corpuscles are
enlarged dendritic endings with
elongated capsules. This spindle-shaped...
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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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tactile corpuscles,
bulbous corpuscles,
Pacinian corpuscles, and
Merkel nerve endings,
although the
latter do not
qualify as
sensory corpuscles in the...
