Hot Fiber - Onsen

Japanese: 温繊維 - おんせんい
Hot Fiber - Onsen

…the total number is 30,000. The warm spots are distributed with thermoreceptors attached to 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 at the terminal ends of the warm fibers. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "warm fiber" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その総数は3万である。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」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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