Golgi's corpuscles

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• Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles — tactile corpuscles found in the subcutaneous tissue of the fingertips, resembling pacinian corpuscles but possessing fewer lamellae and a relatively larger cone and having the contained nerve fibers more extensively branched …   Medical dictionary

• Golgi tendon organ — Organ of Golgi (neurotendinous spindle) from the human tendo calcaneus. Latin organum sensorium tendinis Gray s …   Wikipedia

• paciniform corpuscles — rapidly adapting lamellar nerve endings that are more elongated and have fewer laminae than pacinian corpuscles; found in the vibrissae and epidermis of the nose, in joint capsules, in aponeuroses, and at myotendinous junctions associated with… …   Medical dictionary

• skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… …   Universalium

• corpuscle — 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. SYN: corpusculum. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body] amnionic c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. amylaceous c., amyloid c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. articular corpuscles …   Medical dictionary

• Pacinian corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = Pacinian corpuscle Latin = corpusculum lamellosum GraySubject = 233 GrayPage = 1060 Caption = Pacinian corpuscle, with its system of capsules and central cavity. a. Arterial twig, ending in capillaries, which form loops in… …   Wikipedia

• sensory reception, human — Introduction  means by which humans react to changes in external and internal environments.   Ancient philosophers called the human senses “the windows of the soul,” and Aristotle described at least five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and… …   Universalium

• Tactile corpuscle — Meissner s corpuscle Sensory nerve endings for touch labeled at upper right.) Papilla of the hand, treated w …   Wikipedia

• Mechanoreceptor — A mechanoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. There are four main types in the glabrous skin of humans: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner s corpuscles, Merkel s discs, and Ruffini corpuscles. There are… …   Wikipedia

• Trigeminal nerve — Nerve: Trigeminal nerve Trigeminal nerve, shown in yellow …   Wikipedia

• List of human anatomical parts named after people — This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.:For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.Alphabetical listFor clarity, entries are listed by the name …   Wikipedia