Tactile corpuscles of Grandry

Tactile corpuscles of Grandry

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The tactile corpuscles of Grandry (or bulboid corpuscle) occur in the of the beak and tongue of birds. Each consists of a capsule composed of a very delicate, nucleated membrane, and contains two or more granular, somewhat flattened cells; between these cells the axis-cylinder ends in flattened disks.


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