Somatosensation
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The body functions and interacts with its surrounding environment through the simultaneous inputs of our five senses; gustation (taste), ocular (vision), olfaction (smell), vestibular (balance) and auditory (hearing), respectively. However, it is often forgotten that we also have a "sixth sense", understood to be our sense of somatosensation. Somatosensation is an overarching sense which includes the sub-modalities of:
- Thermoception (temperature);
- Nociception (pain);
- Equilibrioception (balance);
- Mechanoreception (vibration, discriminatory touch and pressure);
- Proprioception (positioning and movement).
Collectively, these senses allow us to participate in our activities of daily living (ADLs) by guiding our movements, all the while minimizing the possibility of sustaining an injury.
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