Preferred Label : Eimer's organ;
Uberon definition : A sensory organ in which the epidermis is modified to form bulbous papillae. The organs
are formed from a stack of epidermal cells, which is innervated by nerve processes
from myelinated fibers in the dermis, which form terminal swellings just below the
outer keratinized layer of epidermis. They contain a Merkel cell-neurite complex in
the epidermis and a lamellated corpuscle in the dermal connective tissue.;
Uberon Taxon note : present in many moles, and are particularly common in the star-nosed mole, which bears
30,000 of them on its unique tentacled snout;
Origin ID : 0011255;
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A sensory organ in which the epidermis is modified to form bulbous papillae. The organs
are formed from a stack of epidermal cells, which is innervated by nerve processes
from myelinated fibers in the dermis, which form terminal swellings just below the
outer keratinized layer of epidermis. They contain a Merkel cell-neurite complex in
the epidermis and a lamellated corpuscle in the dermal connective tissue.
