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Meissner's corpuscles

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==Description==
Meissner's corpuscles are encapsulated, unmyelinated nerve endings, surrounded by Schwann cells. The encapsulation consists of flattened supportive cells arranged as horizontal lamellae surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. They are found in abundance in the human [[foreskin]].<ref name="winkleman1956">{{REFjournal |last=Winkelmann |first= |init=RK |author-link= |etal=no |title=The cutaneous innervation of human newborn prepuce |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Invest Dermatol |location= |date=1956-01 |volume=26 |issue=1 |article= |page= |pages=53-67 |url=https://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-202X(15)48804-9/pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=13295637 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1038/jid.1956.5 |doi= |format=PDF |accessdate=2023-07-12}}</ref> <ref name="garcía-mesa2021">{{REFjournal
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