| Ruffini's corpuscles | Sensory end-structures in the subcutaneous connective tissues of the fingers, consisting of an ovoid capsule within which the sensory fibre ends with numerous collateral knobs. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|
| Ruffini, Angelo | <person> Italian histologist, 1864-1929. See: Ruffini's corpuscles, flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| flower-spray organ of Ruffini | One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the other being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre branches spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |