Comparative study of the innervation of the facila disc of selected mammals.
The greatest concentration of sensory nerves in the muzzle and facial disc of mammals is in the nose. In most nocturnal mammals, these nerves penetrate the epidermis of the naked nose either or in bundles which resemble the corpuscles of Eimer. The hair follicles around the nose, lips, and eyes, as well as the heaviply innervated vibrissae follicles found in all hairy mammals except man, are well innervated; those elsewhaere are not. Everywhere on the human body both large and small follicles abound in sensory nerves. These morphologic observations suggest that in most mammals the most sensitivie areas of the skin are at the anterior and posterior ends (not reported here), and that human skin is better equipped for cutaneous sensibility than that of any other mammal.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D004606:Elephants / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005701:Galago / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008251:Macaca / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008322:Mammals / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D008971:Moles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009666:Nose / Q000294:innervation*; D009893:Opossums / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation*; D011443:Strepsirhini / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology