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tactile corpuscle

type of mechanoreceptor that detects light touch
Class type of: cutaneous mechanoreceptor, contact receptor, Meissner-like corpuscle Q1755764

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
cutaneous mechanoreceptor, contact receptor, Meissner-like corpuscle
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[5]
Named after
Georg Meissner[4]
Native label
corpusculum tactus[6]
P14541
21rFeB[8]
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en corpuscle of Meissner en tactile corpuscle en Meissner's corpuscle ar جسيم لمسي cs Meissnerovo tělísko de Corpuscula tactus de Meissner-Rezeptor de Meissnersche Tastkörper de Meissner-Tastkörperchen de Meissner-Tastscheiben de Meißnerkorpuskel de Meißner-Körperchen de Meissner-Körperchen el Σωμάτια του Μάισνερ es Corpúsculos de Meissner es Corpusculo de Meissner es Corpúsculo de Meissner es Corpusculos de Meissner fa پیکرک لمسی fr Corpuscule de Meissner
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Blausen 0808 Skin TactileCorpuscle.png ↗
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
128873
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/Meissner-corpuscle
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
83605
Freebase ID
/m/039t1j
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777177385
Terminologia Histologica
H3.11.06.0.00007
UBERON ID
0012450
UMLS CUI
C0205831

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Named after 1
Georg Meissner
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Summary

tactile corpuscle is a type of cutaneous mechanoreceptor[1], contact receptor[2], and Meissner-like corpuscle[3].

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 21rFeB
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    Described by source → Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)
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