The<unk>  or<unk> <unk>  are nerve-endings similar to the Pacinian<unk>  found in the mucous membrane of the tongue, in pits on the beak and in other parts of the bodies of birds. They differ from Pacinian<unk>  in being smaller and more elongated, in having thinner and more closely placed capsules, and in that the axis-cylinder in the central clear space is encircled by a continuous row of nuclei. They are named after the German embryologist Curt Alfred<unk> . In many wading birds, a large number of<unk> <unk>  are found embedded in pits on the mandible that are believed to enable birds to sense prey under wet sand or soil. References
Corpuscles of Herbst
Neuromatrix
Decerebellate
Neurosphere
Tapetum lucidum
Subtitles
Glia limitans
Neuromere