The pacinian corpuscle

Pacinian corpuscle..

• a receptor which detects mechanical pressure and transduces it into another form of energy.
• found on the legs,hands, ligments etc..
• looks like an onion when it's cut, the pacinian corpuscle is found in the centre of the layers of tissues, each seperated by a gel
• within the plasma membrane there are protein channels such as sodium channels.
• The sodium channel is known as stretch mediated sodium channel is…