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Somatic sense

Author: Amanda Soderlind

Somatic Sense: Touch, Pressure, Pain

Source: Video and Images Created by Amanda Soderlind

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Terms to Know
Encapsulated Receptor

A type of sensory receptor encapsulated or enclosed in epithelial or connective tissue.

Free Nerve Ending

Receptors that detect touch, pressure, heat, cold, and pain.

Pain

A sensory experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.

Phantom Pain

Pain that feels like it is coming from a body part that is no longer there. This is a common experience among amputees.

Referred Pain

A person's perception of pain that can be wrongly projected from an internal organ to the body's surface because the brain cannot pinpoint the source of the pain.

Sensory Adaptation

An adaptation to a stimulus; becoming less aware of a stimulus over time.

Somatic Pain

Pain felt in the skin, skeletal muscles, joints, or tendons.

Somatic Sensations

Sensations such as touch, pressure, and pain that are detected by sensory receptors in the body.

Somatosensory Cortex

A location in the cerebrum that interprets somatic sensations.

Visceral Pain

Pain felt in the internal organs.