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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...
- transient responses to the onset and offset of stimulation. 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...
- Cobo, Teresa (2022-03-09). "The Lamellar Cells of Vertebrate Meissner and Pacinian Corpuscles: Development, Characterization, and Functions". Frontiers in...
- through skin and bone, is usually generated by mechanoreceptors such as Pacinian corpuscles, Merkel disk receptors, and tactile corpuscles. All of these...
- the work was widely known in Europe and the bodies had become known as Pacinian corpuscles. He served as an ****istant to Paolo Savi in Pisa from 1840 to...
- described as bizarre cutaneous neurofibroma, myxoma of nerve sheath, and pacinian neurofibroma. Clinically, neurothekeomas present as a solitary nodule of...
- are responsible for the ability to read Braille and feel gentle stimuli. Pacinian corpuscles determine gross touch and distinguish rough and soft substances...
- are four main types of mechanoreceptors in the glabrous skin of humans: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel's discs, and Ruffini corpuscles...