protopathic sensation
1pain — The sensation one feels when hurt. A protopathic sensation located in the nervous system. 22 Am J2d Damg § 105. Distress of the body or the mind. See mental anguish; physical suffering; suffering …
2suffering — Physical pain; mental anguish. There is no adequate definition of pain; the best that can be done is to describe a reaction to pain. This reaction is the body s awareness of unpleasant changes or activities that call attention to a particular… …
3Anterolateral system — In the nervous system, the anterolateral system is an ascending pathway that conveys pain, temperature (protopathic sensation), and crude touch from the periphery to the brain. It comprises three main pathways:External links*… …
4W. H. R. Rivers — Photograph of Rivers taken by Henry Maull Born 12 March 1864(1864 03 12) …
5Henry Head — Infobox Scientist name = Sir Henry Head box width = image width = caption =Photograph of Head c. 1895 birth date =birth date|1861|8|4 birth place =Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney death date =death date and age|1940|10|8|1861|8|4 death… …
6sensory reception, human — Introduction means by which humans react to changes in external and internal environments. Ancient philosophers called the human senses “the windows of the soul,” and Aristotle described at least five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste, and… …
7epicritic — That aspect of somatic sensation which permits the discrimination and the topographical localization of the finer degrees of touch and temperature stimuli. Cf.:protopathic. [G. epikritikos, adjudicatory, fr. epi, on, + krino, to separate, judge]… …
8sensibility — The consciousness of sensation; the capability of perceiving sensible stimuli. [L. sensibilitas] articular s. appreciation of sensation in joint surfaces. SYN: arthresthesia, joint sense. bone s. SYN: pallesthesia …
9Glans penis — Anterior view of the glans penis of an uncircumcised penis Latin Glans penis Gray s …
10epicritic — adj. describing or relating to sensory nerve fibres responsible for the fine degrees of sensation, as of temperature and touch. Compare: protopathic …
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