Corpuscle of a Herbst
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The corpuscles of Herbst are closely allied to the Pacinian corpuscles, except that they are smaller and longer with a row of nuclei around the central termination of the nerve in the core. They have been found chiefly in the tongues of ducks. Shown is a corpuscle of Herbst, from the tongue of a duck. a, medullated nerve cut away.
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Baker, W. Morrant & Harris, Vincent Dormer Kirkes' Hand-book of Physiology, 13th ed. (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1892) 107
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