Pacinian corpuscle

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Introduction

Nerve endings in the skin responsible for sensitivity to pressure & vibration. They are numerous in the distal digits. Pacinian corpuscles respond to vibrations generated by textured surfaces moving across the fingerprint ridges.

More general terms

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References

  1. Scheibert J et al. The role of fingerprints in the coding of tactile information probed with a biomimetic sensor. Science 2009 Jan 29; <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19179493 <Internet> http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1166467