Ruffini's corpuscle

[ roo-fee-neez ]
/ ruˈfi niz /

noun Anatomy.

an end organ of certain sensory neurons that branches out parallel to the skin and responds to steady pressure.

Origin of Ruffini's corpuscle

after Italian anatomist Angelo Ruffini (1874–1929), who described them in 1898

Medical definitions for ruffini's corpuscle

Ruffini's corpuscle
[ rə-fē′nēz, rōō- ]

n.

Any of numerous sensory end organs in the subcutaneous connective tissues of the fingers, consisting of an ovoid capsule within which the sensory fiber ends with numerous collateral knobs.