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  2. Bulbous corpuscle - Wikipedia

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    Ruffini corpuscles respond to sustained pressure [4] and show very little adaptation. [5] Ruffinian endings are located in the deep layers of the skin, and register mechanical deformation within joints, more specifically angle change, with a specificity of up to 2.75 degrees, as well as continuous pressure states.

  3. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    The trunk of the body contains, from superior to inferior, the thoracic region encompassing the chest [1] the mammary region encompassing each breast; the sternal region encompassing the sternum; the abdominal region encompassing the stomach area; the umbilical region is located around the navel; the coxal region encompassing the lateral (side ...

  4. Cutaneous receptor - Wikipedia

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    Cutaneous receptors are at the ends of afferent neurons. works within the capsule. Ion channels are situated near these networks. In sensory transduction, the afferent nerves transmit through a series of synapses in the central nervous system, first in the spinal cord, the ventrobasal portion of the thalamus, and then on to the somatosensory cortex.

  5. Mechanoreceptor - Wikipedia

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    Lamellar corpuscles, or Pacinian corpuscles or Vater-Pacini corpuscle, are deformation or pressure receptors located in the skin and also in various internal organs. [8] Each is connected to a sensory neuron. Because of its relatively large size, a single lamellar corpuscle can be isolated and its properties studied.

  6. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gross anatomy has become a key part of visual arts. Basic concepts of how muscles and bones function and deform with movement is key to drawing, painting or animating a human figure. Many books such as Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form, are written as a guide to drawing the human body anatomically correctly. [4]

  7. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Parts-per-million cube of relative abundance by mass of elements in an average adult human body down to 1 ppm. About 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium ...

  8. Outline of human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Human anatomy is the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human. It is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy . Gross anatomy (also called topographical anatomy, regional anatomy, or anthropotomy) is the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by unaided vision.

  9. List of human anatomical parts named after people - Wikipedia

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    Weibel–Palade body – Ewald R. Weibel (1929–2019), Swiss biologist, and George Emil Palade (1912–2008), Romanian-American cell biologist; Wenckebach's bundle – Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864–1940), Dutch anatomist; Wernicke's area – Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist