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| Ruffini ending | ||
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| Nerve ending of Ruffini. | ||
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Named after Angelo Ruffini, the Ruffini ending is a class of slowly adapting mechanoreceptor thought to exist only in the glabrous dermis and subcutaneous tissue of humans.
This spindle-shaped receptor is sensitive to skin stretch, and contributes to the kinesthetic sense of and control of finger position and movement.[1]
Footnotes and references
- ↑ Mountcastle, Vernon C. (2005). The Sensory Hand: Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation, pp. 34, Harvard University Press.
External links
- Paré M, Behets C, Cornu O (2003). Paucity of presumptive ruffini corpuscles in the index finger pad of humans.. J Comp Neurol 456 (3): 260-6. PMID 12528190.
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