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.