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The Ruffini ending or Ruffini corpuscle is a class of slowly adapting mechanoreceptor thought to exist only in the glabrous dermis and subcutaneous tissue of humans. It is named after Angelo Ruffi...
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A mechanoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. There are four main types in the glabrous skin of humans: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner's corpuscles, Merk...
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The synaptic ending of the sensory nervous system which are encapsulated and respond to stretch and torque. These responses are propagated back to dorsal root ganglia in the form of an action potential ... Plural; Ruffini's corpuscles...
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A flattened capsule containing nerve endings that are thought to be heat receptors sensitive to temperature increases from 25 to 45 °C. Ruffini's corpuscles are deeper than cold receptors (see Krause's end-bulbs) and occur in joints, suggesting that they might function as mechanoreceptors.
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Definition of Ruffini's corpuscle from The American Heritage Medical Dictionary. ... Dictionary Home » The American Heritage Medical Dictionary » Ruffini's corpuscle...
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Definition of ruffini's corpuscle from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary with examples and pronunciations. ... Ruffini served as director of a small hospital in Lucignano, Italy, where he set up his own laboratory for histological research. Concurrently, at the University of Siena he was instructor of histology and...
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