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Pacinian corpuscle
- Term ID
- UBERON:0003719
- Synonyms
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- corpusculum lamellosum
- golgi mazzoni corpuscle
- golgi-mazzoni
- golgi-mazzoni corpuscles
- lamellar corpuscle
- lamellated corpuscle
- pacinian body
- Pacinian corpuscle
- pacinian corpuscle end-organs
- pacinian corpuscles
- vater-pacini corpuscle
- vater-pacini corpuscles
- Definition
- Any of the rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin, and which normally contain an afferent nerve fiber surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamellar_corpuscle
- References
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- GAID:817
- GAID:820
- Lamellar:corpuscle
- MESH:A08.800.550.700.500.300
- MESH:A08.800.550.700.500.700
- NCIT:C13172
- NIF_Subcellular:FMA_83604
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gray935.png
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/37419002
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