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.

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sense [sens]

1. a faculty by which the conditions or properties of things are perceived. Five major senses were traditionally considered: vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. In addition, equilibrium, hunger, thirst, malaise, pain, and other types of senses have been distinguished. The operation of all senses involves the reception of stimuli by sense organs, each of which is sensitive to a particular kind of stimulus. The eyes are sensitive to light; the ears, to sound; the olfactory organs, to odor; and the taste buds, to taste. Various sense organs of the skin and other tissues are sensitive to touch, pain, temperature, and other sensations. On receiving stimuli, the sense organ translates them into nerve impulses that are transmitted along the sensory nerves to the brain. In the cerebral cortex, the impulses are interpreted, or perceived, as sensations. The brain associates them with other information, acts upon them, and stores them as memory. See also nervous system and brain.

2. pertaining to the sense strand of a nucleic acid.

sense of equilibrium the sense of maintenance of or divergence from an upright position, controlled by receptors in the vestibule of the ear.

kinesthetic sense muscle sense.

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

muscle sense (muscular sense) the faculty by which muscular movements are perceived.

pain sense nociception.

position sense (posture sense) a variety of muscular sense by which the position or attitude of the body or its parts is perceived.

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

sixth sense the general feeling of consciousness of the entire body; cenesthesia.

somatic s's senses other than the special senses; these include touch, kinesthesia, nociception, pressure sense, temperature sense, and muscle sense, among others.

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

special s's the senses of vision, hearing, taste, and smell; equilibrium is sometimes considered a special sense, but touch usually is not. See also somatic senses.

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

temperature sense the ability to recognize differences in temperature; called also thermesthesia.