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.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Sarcina is a Latin word meaning a marching pack as carried by Roman Legionaries, the heavy infantry of the Roman legions. Most of a legionary's equipment other than his arms and armour would, in early times, have been consigned to a baggage train and borne by mules and carts.