NERVE ENDINGS IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE 133 



The Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles, described by Ruffini,* somewhat 

 resemble the Pacinian corpuscles in that they possess a lamellar, 

 though relatively very thin, connective tissue sheath and a cen- 



Fio. 133. GOLGI-MAZZONI CORPUSCLES FROM THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF THE TIP OF 

 THE FINGER. (After Ruffini.) 



tral granular core. The core, however, is relatively excessive in 

 size, and the entering nerve fibre breaks into a number of branches 

 with discoid terminal expansions similar to those found in the 

 nerve endings of Golgi in the tendons. 



Arch. ital. de biol., 1894. 



