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Pacinian corpuscles are
larger and
fewer in
number than Meissner's
corpuscles,
Merkel cells and Ruffini's
corpuscles. They may measure...
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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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offset of stimulation.[citation needed] The
Pacinian corpuscle or Vater-
Pacinian corpuscles or
Lamellar corpuscles in the skin and
fascia detect rapid vibrations...
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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...
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usually generated by
mechanoreceptors such as
Pacinian corpuscles,
Merkel disk receptors, and
tactile corpuscles. All of
these receptors stimulate an action...
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arising from
neural crest cells.
Pacinian neuroma - a very rare, painful,
benign hyperplastic tumor of
Pacinian corpuscles (mechanoreceptors responsible...
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especially a
blood cell A
nerve ending such as Meissner's
corpuscle or a
Pacinian corpuscle A
colloquial nickname for
students at
Corpus Christi College...
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responsible for the
ability to read
Braille and feel
gentle stimuli.
Pacinian corpuscles determine gross touch and
distinguish rough and soft substances....
- The
corpuscles of
Herbst or
Herbst corpuscles are nerve-endings
similar to the
Pacinian corpuscle,
found in the
mucous membrane of the tongue, in pits...
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receptors for touch-position (Meissner's
corpuscles, Merkel's receptors,
Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini's
corpuscles, hair receptors,
muscle spindle organs...
