Corpuscle
71Pacini corpuscle — pacinian corpuscle a type of large, ovoid, rapidly adapting, encapsulated nerve ending sensitive to pressure, touch, and vibration. The most complicated of the nerve endings, its core contains the nonmyelinated nerve terminal and its Schwann… …
72Meissner corpuscle ganglion plexus — Meiss·ner corpuscle, ganglion, plexus (mīsґner) [Georg Meissner, German physiologist, 1829–1905] see plexus submucosus and see under corpuscle and ganglion …
73Pacini corpuscle — Pa·ci·ni corpuscle (pah cheґne) [Filippo Pacini, Italian anatomist, 1812–1883] see under corpuscle …
74Rainey corpuscle — Rai·ney corpuscle (raґne) [George Rainey, British anatomist, 1801–1884] see under corpuscle …
75tactile corpuscle — noun : one of the numerous minute bodies in the skin and some mucous membranes that usually consist of a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, contain nerve terminations, and are held to be end organs of touch * * * an oval sense organ made of… …
76red corpuscle — noun see red cell * * * a red blood cell. [1840 50] * * * red corpuscle noun An erythrocyte, a blood cell which carries oxygen in combination with the pigment haemoglobin, and removes carbon dioxide • • • Main Entry: ↑red * * * red corpuscle, one …
77malpighian corpuscle — malpighian body malpighian body n. (Anatomy), The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; also called {malpighian corpuscle} and {Malpighian capsule}. [WordNet 1.5] …
78White corpuscle — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …
79Malpighian corpuscle — There are at least two anatomical structures called a Malpighian corpuscle. They are also known as: Renal corpuscles the initial filtering component of nephrons in the kidneys splenic lymphoid nodules, or White nodules follicles in the white pulp …
80Bulboid corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = Bulboid corpuscle Latin = c. bulboideum GraySubject = 233 GrayPage = 1060 Caption = End bulb of Krause. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 56 DorlandsSuf = 12261351 The bulboid… …
