Fig. 359. Types of peripheral sense receptors (see also Fig. 358G). (A) Meissner's 

 tactile corpuscle. Consists of a thin connective tissue capsule. One or more myelinated 

 nerve fibers enter the capsule, where the myelin sheaths are lost. These terminating 

 non-myelinated fibers break up into branches which form a complex mass of twisting 

 coils. The coils show varicose enlargements. Found in the dermis of feet, hands, lips, 

 forearms. (B) End-bulb of Krause. Small rounded bodies somewhat resembling Meiss- 

 ner's corpuscles. Found in lips, conjunctiva, and edge of cornea. (C) Pacinian cor- 

 puscle. This type of nerve ending is in the form of a large, oval corpuscle composed 

 of concentric layers of connective tissue. The central axis of the corpuscle receives the 



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