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
Term information
- null:Wikipedia:File:Gray935.png
- MESH:D010141
- Wikipedia:Lamellar_corpuscle
- NCIT:C13172
- GAID:820
- FMA:83609
- SCTID:37419002
- FMA:83604
- NIF_Subcellular:FMA_83604
- GAID:817
pheno_slim
golgi-mazzoni corpuscles
pacinian corpuscles
golgi mazzoni corpuscle
golgi-mazzoni
pacinian corpuscle
lamellated corpuscle
vater-pacini corpuscle
pacinian corpuscle end-organs
pacinian body
vater-pacini corpuscles
consists of a nerve fiber, an inner core of modified Schwann cells, a subcapsular space and a capsule [ISBN:9780849388118]
may also be present in the mesentery of cats, in pancreas, in lymph nodes [ISBN:9780849388118]