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Meissner corpuscle

Meissner corpuscle

A Meissner corpuscle is an oval touch receptor in a dermal papilla, with flattened lamellar cells around a winding nerve.

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English
Meissner corpuscle
Norwegian
meissnerlegeme
Japanese
マイスナー小体 — まいすなーしょうたい — maisunā shōtai
Korean
마이스너소체 — maiseuneosoche
Spanish
corpúsculo de Meissner
French
corpuscule de Meissner
German
Meissner-Körperchen

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