| corpuscula lamellosa | 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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| corpuscula | Plural of corpusculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| corpuscula articularia | Encapsulated nerve terminations within joint capsules. Synonym: corpuscula articularia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula bulboidea | Nerve terminals in skin, mouth, conjunctiva, and other parts, consisting of a laminated capsule of connective tissue enclosing the terminal, branched, convoluted ending of an afferent nerve fibre; generally believed to be sensitive to cold. Synonym: corpuscula bulboidea, bulboid corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula genitalia | Special encapsulated nerve endings found in the skin of the genitalia and nipple. Synonym: corpuscula genitalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula nervosa terminalia | Generic term denoting specialised encapsulated nerve endings such as the articular, bulboid, genital, lamellated, and tactile corpuscles, and the tactile meniscus. Synonym: corpuscula nervosa terminalia. (05 Mar 2000) |