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Function: - Pacinian corpuscles respond to vibrations generated by textured surfaces moving across the fingerprint ridges. Structure: - finger prints are unique for each individual Pathology: - hand & foot syndrome from capecitabine (Xeloda) treatment for stage IV breast cancer may cause loss of fingerprints [2]

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skin appendage

References

  1. Scheibert J et al. The role of fingerprints in the coding of tactile information probed with a biomimetic sensor. Science 2009 Jan 29 PMID: 19179493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1166467
  2. Chavarri-Guerra Y, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E Images in clinical medicine. Loss of fingerprints. N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 16;372(16):e22 PMID: 25875278 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1409635

Components

Pacinian corpuscle