- Herbst corpuscles
- peculiar sensory end-organs in the skin of the bill and in the mucous membrane of the tongue of the duck.
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Herbst corpuscles
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Herbst corpuscles — (hərbst) [Ernst Friedrich Gustav Herbst, German physician, 1803–1893] see under corpuscle … Medical dictionary
Corpuscles of Herbst — Gray s subject #233 1061 The Corpuscles of Herbst or Herbst corpuscles are a nerve ending similar to the Pacinian corpuscle, in the mucous membrane of the tongue, in pits on the beak and in other parts of the bodies of birds. It differs from the… … Wikipedia
Corpúsculos de Herbst — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Los corpúsculos de Herbst son terminaciones nerviosas similares a los corpúsculos de Pacini, en la membrana mucosa de la lengua , aberturas del pico y en otras partes del cuerpo de las aves. Difiere del corpúsculo de … Wikipedia Español
corpuscle of Herbst — he(ə)rpst n any of several tactile organs that are found in birds and are related to Pacinian corpuscles Herbst Ernst Friedrich Gustav H. (1803 1893) German anatomist. Herbst spent his career teaching at the university at Göttingen. He also… … Medical dictionary
corpuscle of herbst — ˈhe(ə)rpst Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: translation of German herbstsches körperchen, after Ernst F. Herbst died 1893 German physician : any of certain tactile organs found in birds related to Pacinian corpuscles … Useful english dictionary
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