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Meissner's corpuscle
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A type of nerve ending in the skin that is responsible for sensitivity to light touch. In particular, they have highest sensitivity (lowest threshold) when sensing vibrations lower than 50 Hertz. They are rapidly adaptive receptors. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner%27s_corpuscle ]
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Meissner's corpuscle
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located in papillary layer of dermis in glabrous skin[ISBN:9780849388118]
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messner's corpuscle, Dogiel's end bulb, messier corpuscle, meisner's corpuscle, Ruffini's end bulb, meissner's corpuscles, meissner's corpuscle, meissner corpuscle, tactile corpuscles of Wagner and Meissner, meissner corpuscle end-organ
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UBERON:0012450