somatic pain

somatic pain,

generally well-localized pain that results from the activation of peripheral nociceptors without injury to the peripheral nerve or central nervous system.

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somatic

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the body or soma.

2. pertaining to the body wall, not the viscera.

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somatic afferent system

the system of sensory neurons scattered around the body and responding to pain, touch, temperature and other external stimuli.

somatic cell

see somatic cell.

somatic cell count (SCC)

measurement of somatic cells in milk. An indication of mastitis. See also linear score.

somatic cell hybridization

fusion in the laboratory of two different populations of somatic cells.

somatic mutation

see somatic mutation.

somatic myoneural junction

see myoneural junction.

somatic nerves

nerves supplying the body wall and limbs.

somatic pain

pain emanating from muscles, skeleton, skin; pain in the parts of the body other than the viscera.

somatic sensation

central perceptions of sensory stimuli from the body wall and limbs include touch, temperature, tickle, itch, pain, conscious proprioception.

somatic theory

this postulates that very few immunoglobulins are inherited but there is great diversification in differentiating somatic cells.

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somatic pain

Neurology Pain arising in nerve endings of muscles, skin, bones; it is highly localizable–the "trademark" indicator of SP is the ability to localize it with “pin point" or fingerpoint precision; Pts describe SP as aching, gnawing Examples Bone Fx, wounds, large bruises, bone metastases. See Pain, Pain management.