the skin Flashcards by lindsey france | Brainscape

Q

Pacinian corpuscle

A

Onion-like structure in the subcutaneous area

Vibration; tapping

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Q

Meissner’s corpuscle

A

Present in non-hairy skin

velocity

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Q

Ruffini’s corpuscle

A

Encapsulated

pressure

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Q

Merkel’s disk

A

Transducer is on epithelial cells

location

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