A new morphological type of somatosensory organ is described. It is found in the glabrous skin of the dog nose (rhinarium or planum nasale) and situated in dermis papillae. The otherwise thick epidermis forms a thin window above the organ. There are only a few layers of keratinocytes in the window and the corneocytes are much thinner than elsewhere. The organ consists of highly branching cells that wrap naked nerve endings emanating from myelinated nerve fibers originating in the outer dermal nerve plexus. The structure entirely fills the top of the dermal papilla. The intercellular spaces of the organ and its surroundings are occupied by an extended areolar basal lamina.

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犬鼻唇沟皮肤中的一种新型体感器官

描述了一种新的体感器官形态学类型。它存在于狗鼻子（鼻或鼻平面）的无毛皮肤中，位于真皮乳头中。否则厚的表皮在器官上方形成一个薄窗口。窗口中只有几层角质形成细胞，角质细胞比其他地方薄得多。该器官由高度分支的细胞组成，这些细胞包裹着源自外皮神经丛的有髓神经纤维发出的裸露神经末梢。该结构完全填充真皮乳头的顶部。器官及其周围的细胞间隙被扩展的乳晕基底层占据。