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Ruffini's corpuscle
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Named after
Angelo Ruffini
.
Noun
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Ruffini
's
corpuscle
(
plural
Ruffini's corpuscles
)
The
synaptic
ending of the sensory nervous system which are encapsulated and respond to
stretch
and
torque
. These responses are propagated back to dorsal root ganglia in the form of an action potential.