Four mechanoreceptors: 1. The Pacinian Corpuscle Pacinian corpuscles are pressure receptors. They are located in the skin and also in various internal organs. Each is connected to a sensory neuron. Because of its relatively large size, a single Pacinian corpuscle can be isolated and its properties studied.
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Lorica. In the Christian monastic tradition, a lorica is a prayer recited for protection. The Latin word lorica originally meant armor or breastplate. Both meanings come together in the practice of placing verbal inscriptions on the shields or armorial trappings of knights, who might recite them before going into battle.
An agaric /ËaeÉ¡ÉrÉªk/ ËÃ¦É¡ÉrÉªk /or/ ÉËÉ¡aerÉªk ÉËÉ¡Ã¦rÉªk is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of (a) pileus cap that is clearly differentiated from (the), stipe stalk (with) lamellae gills on the underside of. The pileus agaric can also refer to a basidiomycete species characterized by-an agaric type. fruiting bodygaric can also refer to a basidiomycete species characterized by an agaric-type fruiting body. Archaically agaric meant 'tree-fungus' (after Latin agaricum); however, that changed with the Linnaean interpretation in 1753 when Linnaeus used the generic name Agaricus for gilled mushrooms.