| 单词 | touch corpuscle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastouch corpuscle touch corpuscle n. Anatomy and Zoology any specialized structure of the skin or a mucous membrane that contains a sensory nerve ending stimulated by touch; esp. any of the encapsulated oval bodies present in large numbers in the skin of the fingers and toes in humans (also called Meissner's corpuscle). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [noun] > nerve cell > groups of touch body1853 touch corpuscle1856 nerve centre1870 paraganglion1907 1856 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 31 191 The class of structures to which the touch-corpuscles and Pacinian bodies belong. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 641 A trophic centre in a touch corpuscle. 1945 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Mar. 301/2 The various forms of touch corpuscles allowed of discriminative sensations which had a higher threshold than that of naked endings. 2000 Amer. Zoologist 40 564/1 There are more touch corpuscles in the skin of birds than in that of mammals. < as lemmas |
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