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Merkel cell

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Named after German anatomist Friedrich Sigmund Merkel.

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Merkel cell (plural Merkel cells)

  1. An oval receptor cell having synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents, found in the skin of vertebrates and associated with the sense of light touch discrimination of shapes and textures.

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