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LAMELLATED CORPUSCLE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-09-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Nervous System
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- lamellated corpuscles
1, record 1, English, lamellated%20corpuscles
correct, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- pacinian corpuscles 1, record 1, English, pacinian%20corpuscles
correct, plural
- Vater-Pacini corpuscles 1, record 1, English, Vater%2DPacini%20corpuscles
plural
- Vater corpuscles 1, record 1, English, Vater%20corpuscles
plural
- corpuscula lamellosa 1, record 1, English, corpuscula%20lamellosa
Latin, plural
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The small oval bodies in the skin of the fingers, in the mesentery, tendons, and elsewhere, formed of concentric layers of connective tissue with a soft core in which the axon of a nerve fiber runs, splitting up into a number of fibrils that terminate in bulbous enlargements; they are sensitive to pressure. 1, record 1, English, - lamellated%20corpuscles
Record 1, Key term(s)
- pacinian corpuscle
- Vater corpuscle
- Vater-Pacini corpuscle
- lamellated corpuscle
- corpusculae lamellosae
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Système nerveux
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- corpuscules lamellaires
1, record 1, French, corpuscules%20lamellaires
correct, masculine noun, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- corpuscules de Pacini 2, record 1, French, corpuscules%20de%20Pacini
correct, masculine noun, plural
- corpuscules lamelleux 3, record 1, French, corpuscules%20lamelleux
masculine noun, plural
- corpuscules de Vater-Pacini 3, record 1, French, corpuscules%20de%20Vater%2DPacini
masculine noun, plural
- corpuscula lamellosa 4, record 1, French, corpuscula%20lamellosa
Latin, plural
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les récepteurs sensibles à la vibration se situent dans le tissu adipeux sous-cutané, dans le derme, les tissus conjonctifs, dans les tendons, les articulations et les muscles faciaux. Ce sont les corpuscules de Pacini. 5, record 1, French, - corpuscules%20lamellaires
Record 1, Key term(s)
- corpuscule de Pacini
- corpuscule de Vater-Pacini
- corpusculae lamellosae
- corpuscule lamelleux
- corpuscule lamellaire
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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