Tactile corpuscle and Thermoreceptor

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Difference between Tactile corpuscle and Thermoreceptor

Tactile corpuscle vs. Thermoreceptor

Tactile corpuscles (or Meissner's corpuscles; discovered by anatomist Georg Meissner (1829–1905) and Rudolf Wagner) are a type of mechanoreceptor. A thermoreceptor is a non-specialised sense receptor, or more accurately the receptive portion of a sensory neuron, that codes absolute and relative changes in temperature, primarily within the innocuous range.

Similarities between Tactile corpuscle and Thermoreceptor

Tactile corpuscle and Thermoreceptor have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Free nerve ending, Myelin.

Free nerve ending

A free nerve ending (FNE) or bare nerve ending, is an unspecialized, afferent nerve fiber ending of a sensory neuron.

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Myelin

Myelin is a lipid-rich substance that surrounds the axon of some nerve cells, forming an electrically insulating layer.

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What Tactile corpuscle and Thermoreceptor have in common
What are the similarities between Tactile corpuscle and Thermoreceptor

Tactile corpuscle and Thermoreceptor Comparison

Tactile corpuscle has 20 relations, while Thermoreceptor has 19. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 5.13% = 2 / (20 + 19).

References

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