Ruffini's corpuscles

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• Ruffini — Angelo, Italian histologist, 1864–1929. See R. corpuscles, under corpuscle, flower spray organ of R …   Medical dictionary

• Angelo Ruffini — (Pretare of Arquata del Tronto,1864 1929) was an Italian histologist and embryologist. He spent his career at the University of Bologna and University of Siena.He was the first to describe small encapsulated nerve endings (mechanoreceptors} which …   Wikipedia

• List of human anatomical parts named after people — This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.:For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.Alphabetical listFor clarity, entries are listed by the name …   Wikipedia

• Trigeminal nerve — Nerve: Trigeminal nerve Trigeminal nerve, shown in yellow …   Wikipedia

• Bulbous corpuscle — Ruffini ending Nerve ending of Ruffini. Latin corpusculum sensorium fusiforme Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Mechanoreceptor — A mechanoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. There are four main types in the glabrous skin of humans: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner s corpuscles, Merkel s discs, and Ruffini corpuscles. There are… …   Wikipedia

• Merkel nerve ending — Merkel nerve endings are mechanoreceptors found in the skin and mucosa of vertebrates that provide touch information to the brain. The information they provide are those regarding pressure and texture. Each ending consists of a Merkel cell in… …   Wikipedia

• senses — Introduction also called  sensory reception  or  sense perception    means by which animals (animal) detect and respond to stimuli in their internal and external environments. The senses of animals are most usefully described in terms of the kind …   Universalium

• sensory reception, human — Introduction  means by which humans react to changes in external and internal environments.   Ancient philosophers called the human senses “the windows of the soul,” and Aristotle described at least five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and… …   Universalium

• corpuscle — 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. SYN: corpusculum. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body] amnionic c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. amylaceous c., amyloid c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. articular corpuscles …   Medical dictionary

• Tactile corpuscle — Meissner s corpuscle Sensory nerve endings for touch labeled at upper right.) Papilla of the hand, treated w …   Wikipedia