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DescriptionWVSOM Meissner's corpuslce.JPG
Deutsch: 100x lichtmikroskopische Aufnahme eines Meissner-Körperchens (oder Meissner-Tastkörperchens) an der Spitze eines Papillarkörpers. Als Mechanorezeptor ist es empfindlich für Druckveränderungen schon bei leichten Berührungen.
English: 100x light micrograph of Meissner's corpuscle (or tactile corpuscle) at the tip of a dermal papillus. As a type of mechanoreceptor it is responsible for sensitivity to light touch.
Papilla of the hand / Tactile corpuscle (from Gray's Anatomy)
Pacinian corpuscle
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