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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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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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glomerular capsule known as Bowman's
capsule. The
renal corpuscle is
composed of two structures, the
glomerulus and the Bowman's
capsule. The glomerulus...
- It is
named after Angelo Ruffini.
Ruffini corpuscles are
enlarged dendritic endings with
elongated capsules. This spindle-shaped
receptor is sensitive...
- concentrically.
These concentric corpuscles are
composed of a
central m****,
consisting of one
or more
granular cells, and of a
capsule formed of
epithelioid cells...
- 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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nephrons have
their renal corpuscles in the
outer two
thirds of the cortex,
whereas juxtamedullary nephrons have
their corpuscles in the
inner third of the...
- Bowman's
capsule (
or the
Bowman capsule,
capsula glomeruli,
or glomerular capsule) is a cup-like sac at the
beginning of the
tubular component of a nephron...
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Activates mechanoreceptors in the
superficial layer of the
joint capsule –
Bulbous corpuscles.
Grade II –
Relatively large amplitude,
rhythmically oscillating...
- 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...
