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Pacinian corpuscle

Term ID
UBERON:0003719
Synonyms
  • 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
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