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They are distributed on various areas of the skin, but concentrated in areas especially sensitive to light touch, such as the fingers and lips. More specifically, they are primarily located in glabrous (non-hair bearing) skin just beneath the epidermis within the dermal papillae.
Taylor, Lockwood, & Taylor (1996) carried out a gross and histological examination of the [[foreskin| prepuce]]. They reported that numerous Meissner's corpuscles are found in a [[ridged band]] area where the Meissner corpuscles are found near the top of the ridges.<ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal
|last=Taylor
|first=J.R.
|author-link=John R. Taylor
|last2=Lockwood
|first2=A.P.
|author2-link=
|last3=Taylor
|first3=A.J.
|title=The prepuce: specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision
|journal=Brit J Urol
|date=1996
|volume=77
|issue=
|pages=291-5
|url=https://www.arclaw.org/wp-content/uploads/Taylor-Prepuce-SpecMucosa-BJU-1996.pdf
|quote=
|pubmedID=8800902
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.85023.x
|accessdate=2020-10-25
}}</ref>