corpuscles

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Merkel’s disks and Meissner’s corpuscles are found in more upper parts of the skin and detect fine touch.

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

Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini endings are able to sense deeper touch, such as deeper pressure.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

There are fewer Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini endings in skin than there are Merkel’s disks and Meissner’s corpuscles.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

White corpuscles are formed in the lymph glands and in some of the marrow cells at a variable, but still prodigious, rate.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson