| 单词 | pacinian corpuscle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPacinian corpuscle Designating a type of sensory nerve ending with a large, concentrically lamellated capsule, found deep in the skin, near joints, and in various other parts of the body, and responding to pressure and vibration. Chiefly in Pacinian corpuscle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > parts of nerves > [noun] > ending > parts or types of Pacinian corpuscle1854 Meissner corpuscle1884 nerve plate1888 Vater's corpuscle1951 1854 T. H. Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Miscroscop. Sci. 2 1 (title) On the Structure and Relation of the Corpus tactus (Tactile Corpuscles or Axile Corpuscles) and of the Pacinian Bodies. 1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. I. iv. 323 Certain nerves, as those of the palm and sole in Man, and those of the mesentery in other mammals, have peculiar corpuscles appended to them, called ‘pacinian’, after their discoverer. 1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 27 Pacinian corpuscles..are quite large, well-defined, oval or olive-shaped bodies. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 252 It may be that the Pacinian corpuscles..are susceptible to painful impressions. 1951 Sci. Amer. Jan. 17/2 Among these mechano-receptors are..the so-called Pacinian or Vater's corpuscles found throughout the connective tissues. 1990 D. Ackerman Nat. Hist. Senses ii. 83 What the Pacinian corpuscles do is convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. < as lemmas |
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