Pacinian(?), a.(Anat.)Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century.
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Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the skin of the fingers, mesentery, integument and other parts of the body; the corpuscula lamellosa; called also Vater's corpuscles and Vater-Pacini corpuscles. They are sensitive to pressure, and supposed to be tactile organs.
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Pacinian corpuscle
This section is best read after The sensory cell. It is intended to illustrate what has been presented so far.
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Mechanoreceptors
the Pacinian corpuscle and the muscle spindle The Pacinian Corpuscle Pacinian corpuscles are pressure receptors. They are located in the skin and also in various internal organs.
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Pacinian corpuscle a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and
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Pacinian corpuscle; Pacinian corpuscle, with its system of capsules and central cavity. a. Arterial twig, ending in capillaries, which form loops in some of the intercapsular spaces ...
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Pacinian Corpuscle [x.s.] H & E Stain / [100X] Please Note: The cross section of a large Pacinian corpuscle in the center of the field. The Pacinian corpuscle mediates "pressure".
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Human Anatomy question: What are pacinian corpuscles They are mechanoreceptors that detect pressure, and are found in the skin and also in joints and tendons. Naked nerve endings ...
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Meissner's and Pacinian Corpuscles. As an example of receptors we can look at the functions of two types of encapsulated tactile receptors, the Meissner's and Pacinian corpuscles in ...
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Pacinian corpuscles are also located in joints and tendons and in tissue that lines organs and blood vessels. Pressure on the skin changed the shape of the Pacinian corpuscle.
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