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Meissner Corpuscle (structures)

  • Meissner Corpuscles  are touch receptors (mechanoreceptors) located it the upper dermis.
  • They are very sensitive and allow the perception of small vibrations which equals “light touch” (they are unable to detect pain or deep pressure).
  • They are located in “sensitive” areas of the body such as the lips and finger pads (the distal palmar digits of the hand).
  • Structurally speaking they consist of a free nerve ending wrapped in an oval structure made up of supporting cells = an unmyelinated nerve ending.
  • There is a strong reduction of these receptors with age.