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Meissner’s corpuscle

Meissner’s corpuscle Meissner’s corpuscle is a small oval structure in the skin’s papillae, especially in the fingers and toes.

Meissner’s corpuscle is a small oval structure in the skin’s papillae, especially in the fingers and toes. It is a touch receptor made of a connective tissue capsule containing nerve endings around wedge-shaped epithelioid cells.