tactile papilla

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

• papilla — Any small, nipplelike process. SYN: teat (3). [L. a nipple, dim. of papula, a pimple] acoustic p. SYN: spiral organ. basilar p. the auditory sense organ of birds, amphibians, and reptiles; homologous to the …   Medical dictionary

• papilla — noun (plural papillae) Etymology: Latin, nipple, from diminutive of papula pimple; akin to Lithuanian papas nipple Date: 1713 a small projecting body part similar to a nipple in form: a. a vascular process of connective tissue extending into and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Dermal papillae — Dermal papilla labeled at top Papilla of the hand, treated with acetic acid. Magnified 350 tim …   Wikipedia

• Meissner's corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = Meissners corpuscle Latin = corpusculum tactus GraySubject = 233 GrayPage = 1061 Caption = Sensory nerve endings for touch labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = Papilla of the hand, treated with acetic acid. Magnified 350… …   Wikipedia

• pleuronectiform — ▪ fish order Introduction also called  flatfish,         any member of the order Pleuronectiformes, which includes about 600 species of bony, oval shaped, flattened fishes such as the flounder, halibut, and turbot. The pleuronectiforms are unique …   Universalium

• disk — 1. A round, flat plate; any approximately flat circular structure. 2. SYN: lamella (2). 3. In dentistry, a circular piece of thin paper or other material, coated with an abrasive substance, used for cutting and polishing tee …   Medical dictionary

• integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… …   Universalium

• papille — [ papij ] n. f. • XVIe « bout du sein »; h. 1372; lat. papilla →aussi papule 1 ♦ Petite éminence à la surface d une muqueuse. Papilles linguales, gustatives. Papille dermique : saillie conique du derme vers l épiderme, renfermant des terminaisons …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Nipple — This article is about the anatomical structure. For other uses, see nipple (disambiguation). Nipple A nipple, areola and breast of the human female …   Wikipedia

• torulus — A minute elevation or papilla. [L. dim. of torus, a protuberance, swelling] toruli tactiles [TA] SYN: tactile elevations, under elevation. * * * tor·u·lus (torґu ləs) pl. toґruli [L., dim. of torus] a small elevation or papilla …   Medical dictionary