corpuscles

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Merkel’s disks and Meissner’s corpuscles are found in specialized regions and detect the amount of stretch.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini endings are able to sense deeper touch, such as deeper pressure.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini endings are able to better detect fine touch.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

There are four primary tactile mechanoreceptors in human skin: Merkel’s disks, Meissner’s corpuscles, Ruffini endings, and Pacinian corpuscle; two are located toward the surface of the skin and two are located deeper.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

That is, the invisible corpuscles or atoms which, for a Cartesian, constitute light.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton