corpuscles

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The large mechanoreceptors—Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini endings—are located in the lower layers and respond to deeper touch.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

There are four primary tactile mechanoreceptors in human skin: Merkel’s disks, Meissner’s corpuscles, Ruffini endings, and Pacinian corpuscle; two are located toward the surface of the skin and two are located deeper.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Deeper in the epidermis, near the base, are Ruffini endings, which are also known as bulbous corpuscles.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Meissner’s corpuscles do not detect pain; this is signaled exclusively by free nerve endings.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

That is, the invisible corpuscles or atoms which, for a Cartesian, constitute light.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton