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Proprioception

proprioception

(Science: physiology) The mechanism involved in the self-regulation of posture and movement through stimuli originating in the receptors imbedded in the joints, tendons, muscles, and labyrinth.


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The Fiber Disease

... haptic shapes with different perceived qualities (see the MIT Technology Review article The Cutting Edge of Haptics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception Now back to the C-fiber. Three levels of epidermis? picture: http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/23/29/9620/FIG1 from this link: ...

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The Fiber Disease

... - Sensory system - Somatosensory system - [ edit] Spinal pathway: Somatosensory information Medial lemniscus: Touch (Pressure & Vibration) | Proprioception Spinothalamic tract: Pain | Temperature Receptors Touch: Pacinian corpuscles | Meissner's corpuscles | Merkel's discs | Ruffini endings ...

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