RECEPTOR MECHANISMS CUTANEOUS SENSATIONS 587 



Fia. 327. NERVE ENDING IN A SPECIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE ORGAN IN THE DEEPER 

 PART or THE CTJTIS. X 320. (Ruffini, from ' ; Quain's Anatomy.") 



o, Sheath of entering nerve; b, sheath of terminal organ; c, blood" capillaries: d, d, ter- 

 minations of axons; e, spindle-shaped connective tissue core in which these 

 terminations ramify. 



PIG. 32$. PACINIAN CORPUSCLE. 



FIG. 329. SHOWING SENSORY NERVE 

 ENDINGS AT THE BASE or A HAIR. 

 (Redrawn after van Gehuchten, from 

 Dahlgren and Kepner.) 



