Bulboid corpuscle

Bulboid corpuscle
End-bulb of Krause.
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Identifiers
Latincorpuscula bulboideum
FMA83603
Anatomical terminology

The bulboid corpuscles (end-bulbs of Krause, Krause corpuscles) are cutaneous receptors in humans and other animals.

The end-bulbs of Krause were named after the German anatomist Wilhelm Krause (1833–1910).

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