end bulb

end bulb
any of various types of oval or rounded structures occurring at the ends of nerve fibers, ranging from slight enlargements to complex corpuscles that act as sensory receptors for pain, touch, cold, etc.

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  • End bulb — End End ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • end bulb — n a bulbous termination of a sensory nerve fiber (as in the skin or in a mucous membrane) compare KRAUSE S CORPUSCLE * * * encapsulated nerve ending …   Medical dictionary

  • end bulb — end′ bulb n. anat. any of various oval or rounded structures at the ends of nerve fibers, functioning as sensory receptors for pain, touch, etc …   From formal English to slang

  • end-bulb — See end bulb. * * * (endґbulb) encapsulated nerve ending …   Medical dictionary

  • end bulb — noun 1. also end corpuscle : one of the bulbous bodies in which some of the sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes 2. : bouton * * * Anat. any of various types of oval or rounded structures occurring at the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • end-bulb of Held — an enlarged process at the end of an axon of a primary neuron of the cochlear nerve, synapsing with the body of a secondary neuron in the ventral cochlear nucleus …   Medical dictionary

  • Krause end-bulb — Krau·se end bulb (krouґzə) [Wilhelm Johann Friedrich Krause, German anatomist, 1833–1910] see under end bulb …   Medical dictionary

  • Krause's end-bulb — n KRAUSE S CORPUSCLE …   Medical dictionary

  • Held end-bulb — (held) [Hans Held, German anatomist, 1866–1942] see under end bulb …   Medical dictionary

  • End — ([e^]nd), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. [ a]nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. [root]208. Cf. {Ante }, {Anti }, {Answer}.] 1. The extreme or last point or part of any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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