Meissner Corpuscle

Preferred Label : Meissner Corpuscle;

NCIt synonyms : Touch Corpuscle; Corpusculum Tactus; Oval Corpuscle; Meissner's Corpuscle; Tactile Corpuscle;

NCIt definition : One of numerous oval bodies found in the papillae of the skin, especially those of the fingers and toes; they consist of a connective tissue capsule in which the axon fibrils terminate around and between a pile of wedge-shaped epithelioid cells. SYN corpusculum tactus, oval corpuscle, touch corpuscle.;

Details

Origin ID

C13171;

UMLS CUI

C0205831;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Peripheral Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Stratum Papillare [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- End bulb of Krause [FMA entity]
- Mechanoreceptor [FMA entity]
- Meissner's corpuscle [UBERON concept]
- Meissner's corpuscle [FMA entity]
- Neurotendinous ending [FMA entity]
- Structure of Hassall corpuscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of Ruffini corpuscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of corpuscula lamellosa (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- mechanoreceptors [MeSH Descriptor]
- ruffini's corpuscle [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of Meissner's corpuscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- meissner's corpuscle [MeSH concept]
- meissner's corpuscle [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Meissner's corpuscle [FMA entity]
- Meissner's corpuscle [UBERON concept]
- Structure of Meissner's corpuscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- meissner's corpuscle [SNOMED Notion]
- meissner's corpuscle [MeSH concept]

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