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• rapidly adapting receptor — a mechanoreceptor that responds quickly to stimulation but that rapidly accommodates and stops firing if the stimulus remains constant, such as Meissner corpuscles or pacinian corpuscles …   Medical dictionary

• RALPH — Rapidly Adapting Lateral Position Handler (Computing » Software) * Robotic Assembly Language Planning Hierarchy (Computing » General) * Real Assisted Living For Physically Handicapped (Community) …   Abbreviations dictionary

• RAR — rapidly adapting receptor; rat insulin receptor; retinoic acid receptor; right arm reclining; right arm recumbent …   Medical dictionary

• paciniform corpuscles — rapidly adapting lamellar nerve endings that are more elongated and have fewer laminae than pacinian corpuscles; found in the vibrissae and epidermis of the nose, in joint capsules, in aponeuroses, and at myotendinous junctions associated with… …   Medical dictionary

• hair follicle receptors — rapidly adapting receptors that surround the roots of hair follicles …   Medical dictionary

• RAR — • rapidly adapting receptor; • rat insulin receptor; • retinoic acid receptor; • right arm reclining; • right arm recumbent …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• Mechanoreceptor — A mechanoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. There are four main types in the glabrous skin of humans: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner s corpuscles, Merkel s discs, and Ruffini corpuscles. There are… …   Wikipedia

• Mechanosensation — is a response mechanism to mechanical stimuli. The physiological foundation for the senses of touch, hearing and balance, and pain is the conversion of mechanical stimuli into neuronal signals: mechanosensation. Mechanoreceptors of the skin,… …   Wikipedia

• skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… …   Universalium

• Free nerve ending — A free nerve ending (FNE) is an unspecialized, afferent nerve ending, meaning it brings information from the body s periphery to the brain. They function as cutaneous receptors and are essentially used by vertebrates to detect pain.tructureFree… …   Wikipedia

• Merkel nerve ending — 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… …   Wikipedia