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Pacinian corpuscle

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Any of the rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin, and which normally contain an afferent nerve fiber surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamellar_corpuscle MP:0000988 ]

Synonyms: corpusculum lamellosum, lamellar corpuscle, corpuscle of golgi-mazzoni, Pacinian corpuscle, golgi-mazzoni corpuscle

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UBPROP 0000008

may also be present in the mesentery of cats, in pancreas, in lymph nodes [ISBN:9780849388118]

UBPROP 0000010

consists of a nerve fiber, an inner core of modified Schwann cells, a subcapsular space and a capsule [ISBN:9780849388118]

UBPROP 0000012

FMA treats pacinia and G-M as distinct

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has related synonym

golgi-mazzoni corpuscles, pacinian corpuscles, golgi mazzoni corpuscle, golgi-mazzoni, lamellated corpuscle, pacinian corpuscle, vater-pacini corpuscle, pacinian corpuscle end-organs, pacinian body, vater-pacini corpuscles

has alternative id

UBERON:0003717

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UBERON:0003719

prefLabel

Corpuscle of Golgi-Mazzoni, Pacinian corpuscle

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