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Meissner's corpuscle[′mīs·nərz ′kȯr·pə·səl] (neuroscience) An ovoid, encapsulated cutaneous sense organ presumed to function in touch sensation in hairless portions of the skin. Meissner's corpuscle
corpuscle [kor´pus'l] any small mass or body. adj., adj corpus´cular.blood corpuscle blood cell.colostrum c's large rounded bodies in colostrum, containing droplets of fat and sometimes a nucleus.Krause's corpuscle end-bulb.malpighian corpuscle the funnel-like structure constituting the beginning of the structural unit of the kidney (nephron) and comprising the malpighian capsule and its partially enclosed glomerulus. Called also renal corpuscle.Meissner's corpuscle tactile corpuscle.Purkinje's c's large, branched nerve cells composing the middle layer of the cortex of the cerebellum.red corpuscle (red blood corpuscle) erythrocyte.renal corpuscle malpighian corpuscle.tactile corpuscle a medium-sized nerve ending in the skin, particularly the fingertips and lips; called also Meissner's corpuscle and tactile papilla.white corpuscle (white blood corpuscle) leukocyte.corpuscle (kor'pus-el) [L. corpusculum, little body] 1. Any small rounded body. 2. An encapsulated sensory nerve ending.3. A blood cell. corpuscular (kor-pus'kyu-lar), adjectiveaxis corpuscleThe center of a tactile corpuscle. blood corpuscle.An erythrocyte or leukocyte.bone corpuscleBone cell.cancroid corpuscleThe characteristic nodule in cutaneous epithelioma. cartilage corpuscleChondrocyte.chromophil corpuscleNissl body.chyle corpuscleA corpuscle seen in chyle.colloid corpuscleCorpus amylaceum.colostrum corpuscleA cell containing phagocytosed fat globules, present in milk secreted the first few days after parturition. corneal corpuscleA type of connective tissue cell found in the fibrous tissue of the cornea.Drysdale's corpuscle See: Drysdale's corpusclegenital corpuscleAn encapsulated sensory nerve ending resembling a pacinian corpuscle that is found in the skin of the external genitalia and nipples.ghost corpuscle See: red cell ghostGierke's corpuscleHassall's corpuscle.Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle See: Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscleHassall's corpuscle See: Hassall's corpuscleKrause's corpuscle See: Krause's corpusclelymph corpuscleLymphocyte.malpighian corpuscle1. Renal corpuscle.2. A malpighian body of the spleen.Mazzoni's corpuscle See: Krause's corpuscle.Meissner's corpuscle See: Meissner's corpusclemilk corpuscleA fat-filled globule present in milk. It represents the distal end of a mammary gland cell broken off in apocrine secretion. pacinian corpuscleAn encapsulated nerve ending found in the dermis, subcutaneous tissue, and other connective tissue membranes; it is a sensory receptor for pressure.Purkinje corpuscle See: Purkinje cellred corpuscleErythrocyte.red blood corpuscleErythrocyte. RENAL CORPUSCLErenal corpuscleA glomerulus and Bowman's capsule of the nephron of a kidney, the site of glomerular filtration. Synonym: malpighian corpuscle (1) See: illustrationreticulated corpuscleAn obsolete term for reticulocyte. See: reticulocyteRuffini corpuscle See: Ruffini, Angelosplenic corpuscleA nodule of lymphatic tissue in the spleen. tactile corpuscleA sensory receptor that responds to touch (e.g., Meissner's corpuscle). Tactile corpuscles are located in the dermal papillae just beneath the epidermis and are most numerous on the fingertips, toes, soles, palms, lips, nipples, and tip of the tongue. terminal corpuscleA nerve ending.white corpuscleLeukocyte.white blood corpuscleLeukocyte.Meissner's corpuscle a light-pressure receptor in nonhairy mammalian skin. |