Tactile corpuscle

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The tactile corpuscle, or Meissner's corpuscle, is a type of mechanoreceptor discovered by anatomist Georg Meissner (1829–1905) and Rudolf Wagner. This corpuscle is a type of nerve ending in the skin that is responsible for sensitivity to pressure.

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