Meissner's corpuscle,artwork. Meissner's corpuscles (ortactile corpuscles) are a type of mechanoreceptor. They are a type of nerve ending in the skin that is responsible for sensitivity to light touch. They are encapsulated unmyelinated nerve endings,which consist of flattened supportive cells arranged as horizontal lamellae surrounded by a connective tissue capsule | |
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