Ruffini corpuscles

Ruf·fi·ni cor·pus·cles

(rū-fē'nē), sensory end structures in the subcutaneous connective tissues of the fingers, consisting of an ovoid capsule within which the sensory fiber ends with numerous collateral knobs.

Ruffini,

Angelo, Italian histologist, 1864-1929. flower-spray organ of Ruffini - one of the two types of sensory nerve ending (the other being the annulospiral ending) associated with the neuromuscular spindle. Synonym(s): flower-spray endingRuffini corpuscles - sensory end-structures in the subcutaneous connective tissues of the fingers, consisting of an ovoid capsule within which the sensory fiber ends with numerous collateral knobs.Ruffini papillary endings - papillary endings of the skin's nerve endings.