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cutaneous sense
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one of the somatosenses; includes sensitivity to stimuli that involve the skin
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proprioception
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perception of the body's position and posture
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kinesthesia
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perception of the body's own movements provided by stretch receptors in skeletal muscles (length)...
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organic sense
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a sense modality that arises from receptors located within the inner organs of the body
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cutaneous sense responses
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pressure, vibration, heating, cooling, and events that cause tissue damage (aka touch, temperature,...
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glabrous skin
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skin that does not contain hair; found on palms and the soles of feet
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Ruffini corpuscle
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a vibration-sensitive organ located in hairy skin; respond to skin indentation....large, diffuse...
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Pacinian corpuscle
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a specialized, encapsulated somatosensory nerve ending that detects mechanical stimuli, especially...
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Meissner's corpuscle
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the touch-sensitive end organs (for glabrous skin) located in the papillae, small elevations...
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Merkel's disk
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the touch-sensitive end organs found at the base of the epidermis, adjacent to sweat ducts...
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touch
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movement causes ion channels to open and the flow of ions in/out of the dendrite cause a change...
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temperature
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there can be termperature neutrality, basis for what is hot or cold is relative to current/prior...
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Pain
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3 types of nociceptors:1. high threshold mechanoreceptors that are free nerve endings that...
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itch
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caused by skin irritation and meant to reduce pain, but pain suppresses itching;...
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somatosensory pathway for specific info
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somatosensory axons enter through the spinal nerves (trigeminal nerve/fifth cranial nerve for...
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