Proprioception sense

1. Proprioception sense Presented by :Adeel Arshad bb103009

2. Definition of Proprioception sense The perception governed by proprioceptors, as awareness of the position of one's body. The sense of reception of stimuli produced within the organism. The sense of unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself.

3. The Seventh Sense

4. Basis of proprioceptive sense The initiation of Proprioception is the activation of a proprioreceptor in the periphery. The proprioceptive sense is believed to be composed of information from sensory neurons located in the inner ear and in the stretch receptors located in the muscles and the joint-supporting ligaments. There are specific nerve receptors for this form of perception termed "proprioreceptors," just as there are specific receptors for pressure, light, temperature, sound, and other sensory experiences. Proprioreceptors are sometimes known as adequate stimuli receptors.

5. The Proprioceptors The receptors of the proprioceptive sense are located in the muscles and joints throughout the body, and they are sensitive to stretching and to compression. When this sense is working effectively the brain, at all times, has an awareness of where the various body parts are in space, if they are moving or not, and how fast and what direction they are moving. This constant‘ running ’ awareness is conveyed to the brain depending upon which proprioceptors are being stretched or compressed.