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tactile corpuscle

type of mechanoreceptor that detects light touch
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tactile corpuscle

Summary

tactile corpuscle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Georg Meissner is named after tactile corpuscle[2].
  • tactile corpuscle is a type of cutaneous mechanoreceptor[3].
  • tactile corpuscle is a type of contact receptor[4].
  • tactile corpuscle is a type of Meissner-like corpuscle[5].
  • tactile corpuscle's Commons category is recorded as Meissner's corpuscle[6].
  • tactile corpuscle's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[7].
  • tactile corpuscle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'corpusculum tactus'}[8].
  • tactile corpuscle's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q2997853[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cutaneous mechanoreceptor[3], contact receptor[4], and Meissner-like corpuscle[5].

Origins

Georg Meissner is named after tactile corpuscle[2].

Why It Matters

tactile corpuscle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 21rFeB
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    Described by source → Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)
    Permanent duplicated item → Q2997853
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