| Pacini | Filippo, Italian anatomist, 1812-1883. See: pacinian corpuscles, Vater-Pacini corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pacini, Fillippo | <person> Was an Anatomist and Histologist. Appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in Pisa and later (1849) in Florence. Pacini's Corpuscles, Bodies - end organs of sensory nerves - corpusculum lamellosum. They are sometimes known as Pacini-Vater corpuscles, having previously been described by Abraham Vater (q.v.) in 1741. Lived: 1812-1883. B. Pistoja, Emilia, Italy, May 25th, 1812, d. Florence, Jul 9th, 1883. (05 Dec 1998) |
| pacinian | <anatomy> Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century. Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the integument and other parts of the body. They are supposed to be tactile organs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pacinian corpuscles | Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin. Pacinian corpuscles contain an afferent nerve fibre surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. They have large receptive fields and are most sensitive to high-frequency stimuli, such as vibration. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pacinitis | Inflammation of the pacinian corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vater-Pacini corpuscles | Small oval bodies in the skin of the fingers, in the mesentery, tendons, and elsewhere, formed of concentric layers of connective tissue with a soft core in which the axon of a nerve fibre runs, splitting up into a number of fibrils that terminate in bulbous enlargements; they are sensitive to pressure. Synonym: corpuscula lamellosa, pacinian corpuscles, Vater's corpuscles, Vater-Pacini corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
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