Classification of somatic sensation
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The document discusses the classification of somatic sensations, which collect sensory information from the body. It identifies three primary physiological types: mechano receptive, thermo receptive, and pain senses, along with further classifications including extero receptive, proprioceptive, visceral, and deep sensations. Each type corresponds to different stimuli, such as mechanical displacement, temperature changes, or tissue damage.
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Classification of somatic sensation
- 2. Classification of somatic Sensation Atifa Ambreen Medical Lab Technology
- 3. Somatic Sensation This is the nervous mechanism that collect sensory information from all over the body.
- 4. Classification of somatic senses The somatic senses can b classified into three physiologic types:- Mechano receptive somatic senses Thermo receptive senses Pain senses
- 5. Mechano receptive somatic sense:- include both tactile and position sensation that are stimulated by mechanical displacement of some tissues of the body.
- 7. Thermo receptive senses:- • Which detect heat and cold Pain senses:- • which is activated by factors that damage the tissue.
- 9. Other classification of somatic sensation Extero receptive sensation:- from surface of the body proprioceptive sensation:- In tendon and muscle sensation
- 10. visceral sensation:- From the viscera Deep sensation:- From tissues