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Pacinian corpuscle
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Any of the rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin, and which normally contain an afferent nerve fiber surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamellar_corpuscle ]
Term info
Label
Pacinian corpuscle
Synonyms
- Pacinian corpuscle
- corpuscle of golgi-mazzoni
- corpusculum lamellosum
- golgi-mazzoni corpuscle
- lamellar corpuscle
Subsets
pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Gray935.png
external ontology notes
FMA treats pacinia and G-M as distinct
has alternative id
UBERON:0003717
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
golgi-mazzoni corpuscles, pacinian corpuscles, golgi mazzoni corpuscle, golgi-mazzoni, lamellated corpuscle, pacinian corpuscle, pacinian corpuscle end-organs, vater-pacini corpuscle, pacinian body, vater-pacini corpuscles
id
UBERON:0003719
structure notes
consists of a nerve fiber, an inner core of modified Schwann cells, a subcapsular space and a capsule [ISBN:9780849388118]
taxon notes
may also be present in the mesentery of cats, in pancreas, in lymph nodes [ISBN:9780849388118]
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