Classification of somatic sensation

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Classification of somatic
Sensation
Atifa Ambreen
Medical Lab Technology

Somatic Sensation
 This is the nervous mechanism that
collect sensory information from all over
the body.

Classification of somatic senses
The somatic senses can b classified
into three physiologic types:-
 Mechano receptive somatic senses
 Thermo receptive senses
 Pain senses

 Mechano receptive somatic sense:-
include both tactile and position
sensation that are stimulated by
mechanical displacement of some tissues
of the body.

 Thermo receptive senses:-
• Which detect heat and cold
 Pain senses:-
• which is activated by factors that
damage the tissue.

Other classification of somatic
sensation
 Extero receptive sensation:-
from surface of the body
 proprioceptive sensation:-
In tendon and muscle sensation

 visceral sensation:-
From the viscera
Deep sensation:-
From tissues
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