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Chapter 2. Prehension

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<strong>Chapter</strong> 6 - During Contact 227<br />

-’ 50pm<br />

Figure 6.8 Photomicrographs of mechanoreceptors in the<br />

interphalangeal joints of the bonnet monkey. A. Paciniform cor-<br />

puscle with 10 - 30 lamellae; B. Pacinian corpuscle with more<br />

than 30 lamellae; C. Schematic of the lateral and vental aspects of<br />

the proximal IP joint capsule. Darkened areas show the endings<br />

occur exclusively on the ventral and lateral aspects of the joint<br />

capsule; D. Ruffini nerve ending with one lamella (from Babu &<br />

Devanandan, 1991; adapted by permission).

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