S 036 Tastsinn / sensory cells in skin for touch

Der Tastsinn in den Fingerspitzen wird über sie meissnerschen Körperchen als elektrischer reiz an das Gehirn weitergeleitet The Tactile Corpuscles of Meissner are grouped on the skin of the fingertips, lips, and orifices of the body and the nipples. Only stimulated when touched, meissner corpuscles tells the brain the shape and feel of an object in the hand, or the touch of a kiss. Merkel cells (along with Meissner's corpuscles) occur in the superficial skin layers, and are found clustered beneath the ridges of the fingertips that make up fingerprints.