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Ruffini Anat.|rʊˈfiːnɪ|
The name of Angelo Ruffini (1864–1929), Italian anatomist, used attrib. and with of to designate certain dermal sensory organs.
1900Huber & DeWitt in Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. X. 175 The author [sc. Ruffini] thus distinguishes this spindle, which may bear his name, from the neuro⁓tendinous end-organs of Golgi... The Ruffini organ is composed of connective and elastic tissue. 1928Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XL. 357 No Golgi-Màzzoni, Krause or Ruffini end-organs were discovered in the hairy parts of the human skin. 1974D. & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. x. 200 On the other hand, the end bulbs of Ruffini—flattened, bulblike endings within a fine, connective tissue network—respond to temperature increases. 1981A. Brodal Neurol. Anat. (ed. 3) ii. 51 Another type of slowly adapting receptor..has a resting discharge that increases when a mechanical stimulus is applied to the skin. These receptors..are found in the dermis and appear to be Ruffini endings. |