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