See Also: Pacinian corpuscles(medicine)
Pacinian(medicine)
Pacinian(dictionary)
red corpuscles(medicine)
Valentin's corpuscles(medicine)
Troltsch's corpuscles(medicine)
Toynbee's corpuscles(medicine)
Ruffini's corpuscles(medicine)
Rainey's corpuscles(medicine)
Virchow's corpuscles(medicine)

Fistula (health) and Pacinian corpuscles (medicine)


Fistula (health)


channel emanating pus from an infection site; a gum boil







Pacinian corpuscles (medicine)


pacinian corpuscles


Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin. Pacinian corpuscles contain an afferent nerve fibre surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. They have large receptive fields and are most sensitive to high-frequency stimuli, such as vibration.