lamellated corpuscle

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• 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

• lamellar corpuscle — lamellated corpuscle an encapsulated nerve ending in which the connective tissue capsule takes the form of concentric layers of flattened cells; the term is sometimes used as a synonym of pacinian corpuscle, a type of lamellar corpuscle …   Medical dictionary

• articular corpuscle — a type of lamellated corpuscle found within joints …   Medical dictionary

• genital corpuscle — a type of lamellated corpuscle found in the genital mucous membranes and in the skin around the nipples …   Medical dictionary

• Timofeew corpuscle — a specialized form of lamellated corpuscle found in the submucosa of the membranous and prostatic portions of the urethra …   Medical dictionary

• Ruffini ending — a type of lamellated corpuscle in the dermis that is a slowly adapting receptor for sensations of continuous pressure. Called also Ruffini corpuscle …   Medical dictionary

• Eimer's organ — Eimer s organs are sensory organs in which the epidermis is modified to form bulbous papillae. First isolated by Theodor Eimer from the European mole in 1871, these organs are present in many moles, and are particularly common in the star nosed… …   Wikipedia

• corpusculum — SYN: corpuscle. corpuscula articularia SYN: articular corpuscles, under corpuscle. corpuscula bulboidea SYN: Krause end bulbs, under bulb. corpuscula genitalia SYN: genital corpuscles, under corpuscle. corpuscula lamellosa SYN: lamellated… …   Medical dictionary

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   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

• flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… …   Universalium