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The epithelial proprial relations of Meissner's corpuscles in buccal mucosa. An electron microscopic study
Author(s) -
Griffin C. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1985.tb04135.x
Subject(s) - basal lamina , anatomy , lamella (surface anatomy) , pathology , lamina propria , chemistry , epithelium , electron microscope , ultrastructure , desmosome , buccal administration , buccal mucosa , cell , biology , medicine , dentistry , optics , bioinformatics , biochemistry , physics , oral cavity
A bstract — Meissner's corpuscles were seen in specimens obtained from the buccal mucosa of three patients. The corpuscles arose mainly from myelinated nerve fibres although some unmyelinated fibres were involved. The myelin sheath terminated where the fibres entered the capsules. Axons were invested by lamella cell processes and terminated digitately in desmosome‐like contacts with one another and the basal lamina of the basal epithelial cells. The corpuscles were encapsulated by collagen fibres and the cell processes of fibroblasts.