Silver impregnated Meissner corpuscles located in the dermal papillae of the glabrous skin of the finger pads. The spiral path of the nerve fiber

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Silver impregnation of two Meissner corpuscles located in the dermal papillae of the glabrous skin of the finger pads. The spiral path of the nerve fiber within the corpuscle is typical of these structures.

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Keywords: biology, cell, corpuscle, dermis, glabrous, histology, light, meissner, micrograph, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, nerve, nervous, neuroanatomy, neurohistology, neuroimaging, neurology, neuroscience, peripheral, pns, receptor, sense, sensory, skin, system, tissue, touch