Ruffini's corpuscles

Japanese: Ruffini's corpuscles(英語表記)Ruffiniscorpuscles
Ruffini's corpuscles

…Thermoreceptors are distributed in the warm spots, which are attached to the peripheral nerve fibers (warm fibers) that transmit the sensation of warmth. For a long time, it was thought that Ruffini's corpuscles corresponded to these receptors, but this was incorrect, and today they are thought to be free endings of the warm fibers. Warm fibers belong to the C-fibers, which are the thinnest of the peripheral nerve fibers, with a diameter of about 1 μm. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…温点には温覚を伝える末梢神経繊維(温繊維)に付属する温覚受容器が分布している。長い間,ルッフィーニ小体Ruffini’s corpusclesがこの受容器に相当するとみられてきたが,それは誤りで,今日では温繊維の終末部が裸になった自由終末と考えられている。温繊維は,末梢神経繊維の中で最も細い,直径約1μのC繊維に属する。…

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