somatic sense
1somatic sense — noun the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs • Syn: ↑somesthesia, ↑somesthesis, ↑somaesthesia, ↑somaesthesis, ↑somatesthesia, ↑somataesthesis,… …
2sense of touch — noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) (Freq. 10) only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us • Syn: ↑touch, ↑skin senses, ↑touch… …
3somatic sensory system — noun the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs • Syn: ↑somesthesia, ↑somesthesis, ↑somaesthesia, ↑somaesthesis, ↑somatesthesia, ↑somataesthesis,… …
4Somatic psychology — Somatic psychology, also referred to as body psychotherapy, is an interdisciplinary field involving the study of therapeutic and holistic approaches to the body, somatic experience, and the embodied self. The word somatic comes from the ancient… …
5Somatic Experiencing — is a form of therapy aimed at relieving and resolving the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental and physical trauma related health problems by focusing on the client’s perceived body sensations (or somatic… …
6Somatic nervous system — Somatic redirects here; for the musician known as Somatic, see Hahn Rowe. The somatic nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements through the action of skeletal muscles, and… …
7Sense — Senses are the physiological methods of perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and… …
8Sense — In biology and medicine, the faculty of sensory reception. The ability to convey specific types of external or internal stimuli to the brain and perceive them. Sensory reception occurs through a process known as transduction in which stimuli are… …
9somatic senses — senses other than the special senses, including such senses as touch, pressure, pain, and temperature; kinesthesia; muscle sense; visceral sense; and sometimes sense of equilibrium …
10General somatic afferent fibers — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 190 GrayPage = 849 Caption = Scheme showing structure of a typical spinal nerve. 1. Somatic efferent. 2. Somatic afferent. 3,4,5. Sympathetic efferent. 6,7. Sympathetic afferent. Caption2 =… …
