- Meissner's corpuscle
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/muys"neuhrz/See tactile corpuscle.[after German anatomist Georg Meissner (1829-1905), who described them in 1853]
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Meissner's corpuscle
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Meissner's corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = Meissners corpuscle Latin = corpusculum tactus GraySubject = 233 GrayPage = 1061 Caption = Sensory nerve endings for touch labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = Papilla of the hand, treated with acetic acid. Magnified 350… … Wikipedia
Meissner's corpuscle — Meiss·ner s corpuscle mīs nərz n any of the small elliptical tactile end organs in hairless skin containing numerous transversely placed tactile cells and fine flattened nerve terminations called also corpuscle of Meissner Meissner Georg (1829… … Medical dictionary
Meissner's corpuscle — Meiss′ner s cor′puscle [[t]ˈmaɪs nərz[/t]] n. hic (lab cbl) tactile corpuscle • Etymology: after German anatomist G. Meissner (1829–1905), who described them … From formal English to slang
meissner's corpuscle — noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: after Georg Meissner died 1905 German physiologist : any of the small elliptical tactile end organs in hairless skin containing numerous transversely placed tactile cells and fine flattened nerve… … Useful english dictionary
corpuscle of Meissner — n MEISSNER S CORPUSCLE … Medical dictionary
Corpuscle — may refer to: a small free floating biological cell, especially a blood cell, but not a fat cell a nerve ending such as Meissner s corpuscle or a Pacinian corpuscle any member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge or Corpus Christi College, Oxford … Wikipedia
Meissner — Meißner (transliterated Meissner) may refer to: Hoher Meißner, mountain massif in Hesse, Germany Meißner, a community in the district Werra Meißner Kreis, in Hesse, Germany Meissner, Meißner or Meisner is a German surname and may refer to:… … Wikipedia
corpuscle of meissner — Usage: usually capitalized M : meissner s corpuscle … Useful english dictionary
Tactile corpuscle — Meissner s corpuscle Sensory nerve endings for touch labeled at upper right.) Papilla of the hand, treated w … Wikipedia
Meissner corpuscle ganglion plexus — Meiss·ner corpuscle, ganglion, plexus (mīsґner) [Georg Meissner, German physiologist, 1829–1905] see plexus submucosus and see under corpuscle and ganglion … Medical dictionary
