Pacinian corpuscle

System Integumentary
SNOMED CT 37419002

Pacinian corpuscle

Definition

Any of the rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors found in subcutaneous tissue beneath both hairy and glabrous skin, and which normally contain an afferent nerve fiber surrounded by a capsule with multiple concentric layers.

Also known as corpuscle of golgi-mazzoni, corpusculum lamellosum, golgi-mazzoni corpuscle, lamellar corpuscle, Pacinian corpuscle — per UBERON

The Pacinian corpuscle is a part of the Integumentary.

Also identified as