Pacinian corpuscle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003719
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 MP:0000988 ]
Synonyms: corpusculum lamellosum, lamellar corpuscle, corpuscle of golgi-mazzoni, Pacinian corpuscle, golgi-mazzoni corpuscle
Term info
- Wikipedia:File:Gray935.png
- Wikipedia:Lamellar_corpuscle
- NIF_Subcellular:FMA_83604
- FMA:83609
- NCIT:C13172
- MESH:D010141
- SCTID:37419002
- GAID:817
- GAID:820
- FMA:83604
pheno_slim
may also be present in the mesentery of cats, in pancreas, in lymph nodes [ISBN:9780849388118]
consists of a nerve fiber, an inner core of modified Schwann cells, a subcapsular space and a capsule [ISBN:9780849388118]
FMA treats pacinia and G-M as distinct
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golgi-mazzoni corpuscles, pacinian corpuscles, golgi mazzoni corpuscle, golgi-mazzoni, lamellated corpuscle, pacinian corpuscle, vater-pacini corpuscle, pacinian corpuscle end-organs, pacinian body, vater-pacini corpuscles
UBERON:0003717
uberon
UBERON:0003719
Corpuscle of Golgi-Mazzoni, Pacinian corpuscle