Pacinian corpuscle

Term ID

UBERON:0003719

Synonyms

• corpusculum lamellosum
• golgi mazzoni corpuscle
• golgi-mazzoni
• golgi-mazzoni corpuscles
• lamellar corpuscle
• lamellated corpuscle
• pacinian body
• pacinian corpuscle
• pacinian corpuscle end-organs
• pacinian corpuscles
• vater-pacini corpuscle
• vater-pacini corpuscles

Definition

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

References

• GAID:817
• GAID:820
• Lamellar:corpuscle
• MESH:A08.800.550.700.500.300
• MESH:A08.800.550.700.500.700
• NCIT:C13172
• NIF_Subcellular:FMA_83604
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gray935.png
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/37419002

Ontology

Uberon Ontology