Image: WVSOM Meissner's corpuslce
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Description: 100x light micrograph of Meissner's corpuscle (or tactile corpuscle) at the tip of a dermal papillus. As a type of mechanoreceptor it is responsible for sensitivity to light touch.
Title: WVSOM Meissner's corpuslce
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Author: Wbensmith
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