'''Eimer's organs''' are [[sensory organ]]s in which the [[epidermis]] is modified to form bulbous [[papilla]]e. First isolated by [[Theodor Eimer]] from the [[European mole]] in 1871, these organs are present in many moles, and are particularly common in the [[star-nosed mole]], which bears 30,000 of them on its unique tentacled snout. The organs are formed from a stack of epidermal cells, which is [[innervated]] by nerve processes from [[myelinated]] fibers in the [[dermis]], which form terminal swellings just below the outer [[keratinized]] layer of epidermis. They contain a [[Merkel cell]]-[[neurite]] complex in the epidermis and a [[lamellated corpuscle]] in the dermal [[connective tissue]].<ref>PMID 7721982</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/master.html?http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/features/0600_feature2.html|title=A Star is Born}}</ref>

== References ==

<references />

{{anatomy-stub}}

[[Category:Animal anatomy]]

[[fr:Organe d’Eimer]]