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has gloss | eng: Merkel nerve endings are mechanoreceptors found in the skin and mucosa of vertebrates that provide touch information to the brain. The information they provide are those regarding pressure and texture. Each ending consists of a Merkel cell in close apposition with an enlarged nerve terminal. This is sometimes referred to as a Merkel cell-neurite complex, or a Merkel disk receptor. A single afferent nerve fibre branches to innervate up to 90 such endings. They are classified as slowly adapting type I mechanoreceptors. |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel disk receptor |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel disk |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel ending |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel nerve endings |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel nerve ending |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel receptors |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel's disk receptor |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel's Disks |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel's disk |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel's ending |
lexicalization | eng: Merkel's receptor |
lexicalization | eng: Merkels receptors |
instance of | c/Sensory receptors |
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has gloss | spa: Las terminaciones nerviosas de Merkel son mecanorreceptores que se encuentran en la piel y mucosa de los vertebrados que proporcionan información al cerebro. Dicha información tiene que ver con la presión y la textura. Cada terminación consta de una célula de Merkel en oposición cercana con una terminación nerviosa. En ocasiones recibe el nombre de discos de Merkel. Una única fibra de un nervio aferente se ramifica para inervar hasta 90 terminaciones parecidas. Se clasifican como mecanorreceptores de adaptación lenta de tipo I. |
lexicalization | spa: Terminacion nerviosa de Merkel |
lexicalization | spa: Terminación nerviosa de Merkel |
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