Its two nerve fibers (axons) running with spiral coils around the tactile corpuscle.
Apparent termination of one of these fibers.
A tactile papilla seen from above so as to show its transverse section.
Cortical layer.
Nerve fiber.
Outer layer of the tactile body, with nuclei.
Clear interior substance.
Details
Location
Skin
Identifiers
Latin
corpusculum tactus
TH
H3.11.06.0.00007
FMA
83605
Anatomical terms of microanatomy
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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.[1][2] This corpuscle is a type of nerve ending in the skin that is responsible for sensitivity to pressure. In particular, they have their highest sensitivity (lowest threshold) when sensing vibrations between 10 and 50 hertz. They are rapidly adaptive receptors. They are most concentrated in thick hairless skin, especially at the finger pads.
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^Paré, Michel; Joseph E. Mazurkiewicz; Allan M. Smith; Frank L. Rice (15 September 2001). "The Meissner Corpuscle Revised: A Multiafferented Mechanoreceptor with Nociceptor Immunochemical Properties". The Journal of Neuroscience. 21 (18): 7236–46. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-18-07236.2001. PMC 6763005. PMID 11549734.
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