Ruffini nerve ending
From BugSigDB
An encapsulated nerve receptor present in subpapillary dermis and deep dermis of hairy and glabrous skin.
- Aliases
- Bulbous corpuscle
- Corpuscle of ruffini
- Corpusculum sensorium fusiforme
- Ruffini corpuscle
- Ruffini corpuscle end-organ
- Ruffini corpuscles
- Ruffini endings
- Ruffini's corpuscle
- Ruffini's corpuscles
- Ruffini's end organ
- Ruffini's ending
- Ruffini's organs