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Merkel disc is a serotonergic synapse in the epidermis for transmitting tactile signals in mammals | PNAS
Hand Therapy Partners - West - Tactile Mechanoreceptors! . The skin has four major types of touch receptors that provide information about touch, pressure, vibration, and tension which include Merkel's disks, Meissner's
![Jerad Gardner, MD on Twitter: "Compound nevus w balloon & sebocyte-like melanocytes. Also multinucleated. Cute incidental finding. #Pathology #dermpath #dermatology https://t.co/n1iR10zB04" / Twitter Jerad Gardner, MD on Twitter: "Compound nevus w balloon & sebocyte-like melanocytes. Also multinucleated. Cute incidental finding. #Pathology #dermpath #dermatology https://t.co/n1iR10zB04" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOMwIrqWkAEFS0v.jpg)
Jerad Gardner, MD on Twitter: "Compound nevus w balloon & sebocyte-like melanocytes. Also multinucleated. Cute incidental finding. #Pathology #dermpath #dermatology https://t.co/n1iR10zB04" / Twitter
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