Eimer's organ

Term ID

UBERON:0011255

Synonyms

Definition

A sensory organ in which the epidermis is modified to form bulbous papillae. The organs are formed from a stack of epidermal cells, which is innervated by nerve processes from myelinated fibers in the dermis, which form terminal swellings just below the outer keratinized layer of epidermis. They contain a Merkel cell-neurite complex in the epidermis and a lamellated corpuscle in the dermal connective tissue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eimer's_organ

References

• Eimer's:organ

Ontology

Uberon Ontology