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proprioception
(redirected from Body alignment)

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proprioception /pro·prio·cep·tion/ (pro″pre-o-sep´shun) perception mediated by proprioceptors or proprioceptive tissues.
pro·pri·o·cep·tion (prpr--spshn)
n.
The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself.
proprioception
[prō′prē·əsep′shən]
Etymology: L, proprius, one's own, capere, to take
sensation pertaining to stimuli originating from within the body related to spatial position and muscular activity or to the sensory receptors that they activate. Compare exteroceptive, interoceptive. See also autotopagnosia.
proprioception,
n the kinesthetic sense. The sense that deals with sensations of body position, posture, balance, and motion.
proprioception
perception mediated by proprioceptors or proprioceptive tissues.
proprioception 
Awareness of posture, balance or position due to the reception of stimuli, produced within the organism, which stimulate receptors (called proprioceptors) located within muscles, tendons, joints and the vestibular apparatus of the inner ear. The precise role of proprioception regarding the visual apparatus is uncertain. See Table N1; tonic neck reflex.
proprioception
Neurology The subconscious sensation of body and limb movement and position, obtained from non-visual sensory input from muscle spindles and joint capsules


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