"Pacinian Corpuscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin. Pacinian corpuscles contain an afferent nerve fiber surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers. They have large receptive fields and are most sensitive to high-frequency stimuli, such as vibration.
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D010141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.675.650.915.750.700 A08.800.950.750.700 A11.671.650.915.750.700
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