tactile disk
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tactile disk — noun : merkel s cell … Useful english dictionary
tactile meniscus — meniscus tactus one of the small, cup shaped, tactile nerve endings within the skin; many of them are formed by branches of a single nerve fiber, and each one is in contact with a single, modified epithelial cell called a Merkel cell. These are… … Medical dictionary
disk — 1. A round, flat plate; any approximately flat circular structure. 2. SYN: lamella (2). 3. In dentistry, a circular piece of thin paper or other material, coated with an abrasive substance, used for cutting and polishing tee … Medical dictionary
Merkel cell (corpuscle disk tactile cell) — Mer·kel cell (corpuscle, disk, tactile cell) (murґkəl) [Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, German anatomist, 1845–1919] see under cell … Medical dictionary
Ranvier crosses nodes segment (internode) tactile disks — Ran·vier crosses, nodes, segment (internode), tactile disks (rahn vyaґ) [Louis Antoine Ranvier, French pathologist, 1835–1922] see under cross, disk, and node, and see internodal segment under segment … Medical dictionary
Merkel's disk — n the disklike expansion of the end of a nerve fiber together with a closely associated Merkel cell that has a presumed tactile function called also Merkel s corpuscle … Medical dictionary
Meniscus — The word meniscus comes from the Greek and refers to a crescent shaped structure. Today a meniscus is something that is shaped like a crescent moon or a croissant pastry. A meniscus can be an anatomic feature. For example, the medial meniscus of… … Medical dictionary
Merkel — Karl L., German anatomist and laryngologist, 1812–1876. See M. filtrum ventriculi, M. fossa, M. muscle. Friedrich S., German anatomist and physiologist, 1845–1919. See M. cell tumor, M. corpuscle, M. tactile cell, M. tactile disk … Medical dictionary
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