Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles

Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles
tactile corpuscles found in the subcutaneous tissue of the fingertips, resembling pacinian corpuscles but possessing fewer lamellae and a relatively larger cone and having the contained nerve fibers more extensively branched.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Golgi tendon organ — Organ of Golgi (neurotendinous spindle) from the human tendo calcaneus. Latin organum sensorium tendinis Gray s …   Wikipedia

  • Mazzoni (surname) — Mazzoni is an Italian surname. The earliest members of the Mazzoni listed here hailed from either Emilia Romagna or its western neighbor Tuscany in the 15th century. Other (and less notable) members have been consistently recorded in the Serchio… …   Wikipedia

  • skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… …   Universalium

  • corpuscle — 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. SYN: corpusculum. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body] amnionic c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. amylaceous c., amyloid c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. articular corpuscles …   Medical dictionary

  • Pacinian corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = Pacinian corpuscle Latin = corpusculum lamellosum GraySubject = 233 GrayPage = 1060 Caption = Pacinian corpuscle, with its system of capsules and central cavity. a. Arterial twig, ending in capillaries, which form loops in… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”