corpuscles
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Deeper in the epidermis, near the base, are Ruffini endings, which are also known as bulbous corpuscles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Meissner’s corpuscles, found in glabrous skin, are rapidly adapting, encapsulated receptors that detect touch, low- frequency vibration, and flutter.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There are fewer Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini endings in skin than there are Merkel’s disks and Meissner’s corpuscles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Meissner’s corpuscles do not detect pain; this is signaled exclusively by free nerve endings.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
For Descartes the material world consists of divisible corpuscles.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
