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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. 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.

  4. Mechanoreceptor - Wikipedia

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    The Pacinian corpuscle or Vater-Pacinian corpuscles or Lamellar corpuscles [5] in the skin and fascia detect rapid vibrations of about 200–300 Hz. [3] [6] They also produce transient responses, but have large receptive fields. Free nerve endings detect touch, pressure, stretching, as well as the tickle and itch sensations. Itch sensations are ...

  5. Angelo Ruffini - Wikipedia

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    Angelo Ruffini (Pretare of Arquata del Tronto; 1864–1929) was an Italian histologist and embryologist. He studied medicine at the University of Bologna , where beginning in 1894 he taught classes in histology .

  6. Group A nerve fiber - Wikipedia

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    All cutaneous mechanoreceptors including pacinian corpuscles: III Aδ: 1–5 μm: Thin: 3–30 m/s: Free nerve endings of touch and pressure Nociceptors of neospinothalamic tract Cold thermoreceptors: IV C: 0.2–1.5 μm: No: 0.5–2.0 m/s: Nociceptors of paleospinothalamic tract Warmth receptors

  7. Somatosensory system - Wikipedia

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    Tactile corpuscles react to moderate vibration (10–50 Hz) and light touch. They are located in the dermal papillae; due to their reactivity, they are primarily located in fingertips and lips. They respond in quick action potentials, unlike Merkel nerve endings. They are responsible for the ability to read Braille and feel gentle stimuli.

  8. Police, city officials provide update on body found in ...

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    Rochester Police Chief David Smith said that City of Rochester Water Bureau employees found the body of man in the water around 8 a.m. Tuesday, as they completed their daily morning check of the ...

  9. Tonic (physiology) - Wikipedia

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    Tonic in physiology refers to a physiological response which is slow and may be graded. This term is typically used in opposition to a fast response. For instance, tonic muscles are contrasted by the more typical and much faster twitch muscles, while tonic sensory nerve endings are contrasted to the much faster phasic sensory nerve endings.