Preferred Name

Pacinian corpuscle

Synonyms
Definitions

Encapsulated nerve ending located in skin composed of nerve ending of a dorsal root ganglion neuron wrapped in 20-60 concentric lamellae composed of fibrous tissue and fibroblasts. They function as mechanoreceptors for pressure (adapted from Wikipedia)

ID

http://ontology.neuinfo.org/NIF/BiomaterialEntities/NIF-Subcellular.owl#FMA_83604

createdDate

February 23, 2010

definingCitation

Foundational Model of Anatomy

definition

Encapsulated nerve ending located in skin composed of nerve ending of a dorsal root ganglion neuron wrapped in 20-60 concentric lamellae composed of fibrous tissue and fibroblasts. They function as mechanoreceptors for pressure (adapted from Wikipedia)

label

Pacinian corpuscle

prefixIRI

FMA_83604

prefLabel

Pacinian corpuscle

subClassOf

http://ontology.neuinfo.org/NIF/BiomaterialEntities/NIF-Subcellular.owl#nlx_subcell_20090505

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