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Body Atlas, Sense Organ Reference

Sense Organs

Eye, ear, nose and tongue reference, parts, nerve supply, function, and common conditions.

135 sense organs
3 sense organs starting with M in Whole Body  Clear ×
Sense Organ Meissner Corpuscles corpuscula tactus Whole Body Meissner corpuscles are small, encapsulated touch receptors in the dermal papillae just beneath the epidermis. They…
Sense Organ Merkel Cells epitheliocyti tactus Whole Body Merkel cells are specialised cells in the basal layer of the epidermis that form touch receptors…
Sense Organ Muscle Spindles fusi neuromusculares Whole Body Muscle spindles are small, capsule-bound stretch receptors lying parallel to ordinary muscle fibres in nearly all…

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