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Merkel tactile cell (tactile meniscus, tactile disk, Merkel corpuscle)
Modified epidermal keratinocyte in contact at it base with termini of sensory axons.
Related
Merkel cell carcinoma (neuroendocrine cancer of skin, trabecular cancer)
General
keratinocyte
Properties
WITHIN: epidermis
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.