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with the Meissner corpuscle end-organ (also known as the tactile corpuscle), underlies the perception of light touch such as flutter and slip on the skin. It adapts rapidly to changes in texture (vibrations around 50 Hz). It has a small receptive field and produces transient responses to the onset and offset of stimulation.
* The lamellar corpuscle, also known as the Pacinian and Vater-Pacini corpuscle,

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