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Meissner's corpuscles are encapsulated, unmyelinated nerve endings, surrounded by Schwann cells.<ref name="meissner2011">{{REFweb
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="garcía-mesa2021">{{REFjournal
|url=http://www.anatomybox.com/meissners-corpuscles/
|title=Meissner’s Corpuscles
|last=
|first=
|date=2011-04-04
|accessdate=2020-10-25
}}</ref> 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="garcía-mesa2021">{{REFjournal
  |last=García-Mesa
  |last=García-Mesa
  |first=Yolanda
  |first=Yolanda
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