tactile cell
1tactile cell — n one of the oval nucleated cells (as in a Meissner s corpuscle) that are in close contact with the expanded ends of nerve fibers in the deeper layers of the epidermis and dermis of some parts of the body and prob. serve a tactile function * * *… …
2tactile cell — noun : one of the oval nucleated cells that are situated in close contact with the expanded ends of nerve fibers in the deeper layers of the epidermis and dermis of some parts of the body and prob. serve a tactile function …
3Merkel cell (corpuscle disk tactile cell) — Mer·kel cell (corpuscle, disk, tactile cell) (murґkəl) [Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, German anatomist, 1845–1919] see under cell …
4Tactile signing — is a common means of communication used by people with both a sight and hearing impairment (see Deafblindness), which is based on a standard system of Deaf manual signs.Kinds of tactile signingSeveral methods of Deafblind communication may be… …
5Merkel tactile cell — Merkel c …
6Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …
7Tactile corpuscle — Meissner s corpuscle Sensory nerve endings for touch labeled at upper right.) Papilla of the hand, treated w …
8tactile meniscus — meniscus tactus one of the small, cup shaped, tactile nerve endings within the skin; many of them are formed by branches of a single nerve fiber, and each one is in contact with a single, modified epithelial cell called a Merkel cell. These are… …
9tactile disk — noun : merkel s cell …
10touch cell — tactile receptor …
