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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
integument +    
mechanoreceptor +    
bony plate +  
embryonic skin basal layer +  
external integument structure +  
femoral gland +  
future dermis +  
Herbst's corpuscle 
hypodermis +  
Meissner's corpuscle 
Merkel nerve ending 
nociceptor nerve ending 
Pacinian corpuscle 
Ruffini nerve ending 
An encapsulated nerve receptor present in subpapillary dermis and deep dermis of hairy and glabrous skin.
skin bony tubercle +  
skin of body +  
superficial fascia 
tactile mechanoreceptor +  
type 2 odontode 
vasculature of respiratory integument 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Ruffini's corpuscle ;   corpusculum sensorium fusiforme
Related Synonyms: Ruffini's corpuscles ;   Ruffini's end organ ;   Ruffini's ending ;   Ruffini's organs ;   bulbous corpuscle ;   corpuscle of ruffini ;   ruffini corpuscle ;   ruffini corpuscle end-organ ;   ruffini corpuscles ;   ruffini endings
Xrefs: FMA:83602 ;   FMA:84004 ;   NCI:C13175 ;   SCTID:53140000 ;   UMLS:C0035943 ;   Wikipedia:Bulbous_corpuscle
Definition Sources: ISBN:9780849388118, Wikipedia:Bulbous_corpuscle

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