Pacinian corpuscle

[ puh-sin-ee-uhn ]

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noun

(sometimes lowercase) a microscopic, onionlike body consisting of layers of connective tissue wrapped around a nerve ending, located in the deep layers of skin, tendons, etc., and functioning as a sensory receptor of pressure and vibration.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pacinian corpuscle¹

1875–80; after Filippo Pacini (1812–83), Italian anatomist; -ian

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One of these receptors, the Pacinian corpuscle, responds to pressure and vibration.

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Pacinian corpuscle Located deep in the dermis of both types of skin, Pacinian corpuscles respond to high-frequency vibration.

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In fact, as the neuroscientist David Linden explained to me, it involves a predictable misread by something called a Pacinian corpuscle.

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The largest of the simple forms of sense organs are bodies visible to the naked eye and called, from their discoverer Pacini, the Pacinian corpuscles.

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Again, many of the nerve fibers terminate in corpuscles, the largest about 1/20 of an inch long, called Pacinian corpuscles.

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pacing Pacino

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