170 PERIPHERAL NERVE TERMINATIONS: END ORGANS 



breaks into a number of branches with discoid terminal expansions simi- 

 lar to those found in the nerve endings of Golgi in the tendons. They 



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, ; v '..'* 



FJG. 189. GOLGJ-MAZZONI CORPUSCLES FROM THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF THE 

 TIP OF THE FINGER. (After Ruffini.) 



occur also in the corium of the skin in certain regions (e.g., the external 

 genitalia, finger tips), and in the conjunctiva and the periosteum. 



