position sense

sense (sens)

1. any of the physical processes by which stimuli are received, transduced, and conducted as impulses to be interpreted to the brain.

2. in molecular genetics, referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.

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body sense  somatognosis.

color sense  the faculty by which colors are perceived and distinguished.

sense of equilibrium  the sense that maintains awareness of being or not being in an upright position, controlled by receptors in the vestibule of the ear.

joint sense  arthresthesia.

kinesthetic sense 

1. kinesthesia.

2. muscle s.

light sense  the sense by which degrees of brilliancy are distinguished.

motion sense , movement sense the awareness of motion by the head or body.

muscle sense , muscular sense

1. sensory impressions, such as movement and stretch, that come from the muscles.

2. movement s.

pain sense  the ability to feel pain, caused by stimulation of a nociceptor.

position sense , posture sense the awareness of the position of the body or its parts in space, a combination of the sense of equilibrium and kinesthesia.

pressure sense  the sense by which pressure upon the surface of the body is perceived.

sixth sense  somatognosis.

somatic senses  senses other than the special senses, including touch, pressure, pain, and temperature, kinesthesia, muscle sense, visceral sense, and sometimes sense of equilibrium.

space sense  the sense by which relative positions and relations of objects in space are perceived.

special senses  those of seeing, hearing, taste, smell, and sometimes sense of equilibrium.

stereognostic sense  the sense by which form and solidity are perceived.

temperature sense  the sense by which differences of temperature are distinguished by the thermoreceptors.

vestibular sense  s. of equilibrium.

vibration sense  pallesthesia.

visceral sense  the awareness of sensations that arise from the viscera and stimulate the interoceptors; sensations include pain, pressure or fullness, and organ movement.

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position sense

n.

See posture sense.

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position sense,

a variety of muscular senses by which the position or attitude of the body or its parts is perceived. Also called posture sense.