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Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Pacinian Corpuscles
... > Nervous System > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Pacinian Corpuscles
... > Cells > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Pacinian Corpuscles

Preferred term

Pacinian Corpuscles  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Corpuscle, Pacinian
  • Corpuscles, Pacinian
  • Pacinian Corpuscle

Note

  • mechanoreceptors

Scope note

  • Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin. Pacinian corpuscles contain an afferent nerve fiber surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. They have large receptive fields and are most sensitive to high-frequency stimuli, such as vibration.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under MECHANORECEPTORS 1972-90; was see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-71

In other languages

  • Pacinin kappaleet

    Finnish

  • corpuscula lamellosa
  • corpusculum lamellosum
  • Pacini
  • Pacinin kappale
  • sälökeränen
  • sälökeräset
  • Vater
  • Vater-Pacini
  • Vater-Pacinin kappale
  • Vater-Pacinin kappaleet
  • Vaterin kappale
  • Vaterin kappaleet
  • Pacinis kroppar

    Swedish

  • Vater-Pacinis känselkroppar

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010141

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