Pacinian corpuscle

An example of a phasic receptor is the Pacinian corpuscle.

The pacinian corpuscle is one such structure.

Because of its relatively large size, a single Pacinian corpuscle can be isolated and its properties studied.

Pacinian corpuscles are dynamic mechanoreceptors which accelerate movement during reflexes.

Pacinian corpuscles sense changes in pressure and vibration to monitor the rate of acceleration of movement.

If a touch becomes stronger, it eventually activates the Pacinian corpuscle of a pressure-receptor.

Within just a few years, the work was widely known in Europe and the bodies had become known as Pacinian corpuscles.

Pacinian corpuscles are pressure receptors located in the skin and also in various internal organs.

These channels also play a role in sensing vibration and pressure via activation of Pacinian corpuscles in the skin.

Pacinian corpuscle (deep pressure, fast vibrations)

Lamellar corpuscles, or Pacinian corpuscles, are one of the four major types of mechanoreceptor.

Free nerve endings are unencapsulated and have no complex sensory structures, unlike those found in Meissner's or Pacinian corpuscles.

The Pacinian corpuscle was named after its discoverer, Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini.

(Some other types of mechanoreceptors, such as Pacinian corpuscles and Ruffini endings, are found primarily in subcutaneous tissue.)

Rapidly adapting type II mechanoreceptors (usually called Pacinian) have single Pacinian corpuscle end-organs.

The pressure-receptors end in a Pacinian corpuscle, described in 1830 by the Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini.

Oscillatory motion will selectively activate the dynamic, rapidly adapting receptors, i.e., Meissner's and Pacinian Corpuscles.

The optimal sensitivity of a Pacinian corpuscle is 250 Hz, the frequency range generated upon finger tips by textures made of features smaller than 200 micrometres.

Human beings should be able to detect such Rayleigh waves through their Pacinian corpuscles, which are in the joints, although people do not seem to consciously respond to the signals.

Normally there are four main types in glabrous skin: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel's discs, and Ruffini endings.

Pacini was the first to describe their functionality as mechanoreceptors that are sensitive to vibration and pressure changes, and thus the structures were to become known as Pacinian corpuscles.

The dorsal trigeminal tract (dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, or lemniscus) is a tract which receives signals from Meissner's corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles.

For example, a Meissner's corpuscle or Pacinian corpuscle may encapsulate the nerve ending, rendering the distal process sensitive to mechanical stimulation, such as stroking or vibration, respectively.

Rapidly adapting: Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors include Meissner corpuscle end-organs, Pacinian corpuscle end-organs, hair follicle receptors and some free nerve endings.

There are five basic types of tactile receptors: Pacinian corpuscle, Meissner's corpuscle, Ruffini endings, Merkel nerve endings, and free nerve endings.