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Definition of Pacinian

Pacinian
Pacinian Pa*cin"i*an, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century. Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the integument and other parts of the body. They are supposed to be tactile organs.

Meaning of Pacinian from wikipedia

- The Pacinian corpuscle (also lamellar corpuscle, or Vater-Pacini corpuscle) is a low-threshold mechanoreceptor responsive to vibration or pressure, found...
- fibers arising from neural crest cells. Pacinian neuroma - a very rare, painful, benign hyperplastic tumor of Pacinian corpuscles (mechanoreceptors responsible...
- the onset and offset of stimulation.[citation needed] The Pacinian corpuscle or Vater-Pacinian corpuscles or Lamellar corpuscles in the skin and fascia...
- types of cutaneous receptors are tactile corpuscles, bulbous corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, and Merkel nerve endings, although the latter do not qualify...
- through skin and bone, is usually generated by mechanoreceptors such as Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel disk receptors, and tactile corpuscles. All of these...
- Cobo, Teresa (2022-03-09). "The Lamellar Cells of Vertebrate Meissner and Pacinian Corpuscles: Development, Characterization, and Functions". Frontiers in...
- are responsible for the ability to read Braille and feel gentle stimuli. Pacinian corpuscles determine gross touch and distinguish rough and soft substances...
- Cutaneous nerves and free endings Hair follicle roots Ruffini: 478  and Pacinian corpuscles Mast cells Bursae, in the space overlying joints in order to...
- predominance of free nerve endings, numerous genital end bulbs and rarely Pacinian and Ruffinian corpuscles. Merkel nerve endings and Meissner's corpuscles...
- corpuscles of Herbst or Herbst corpuscles are nerve-endings similar to the Pacinian corpuscle, found in the mucous membrane of the tongue, in pits on the beak...