proprioception
(noun)
the sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body
Examples of proprioception in the following topics:
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Reception
- Vestibular sensation, which is an organism's sense of spatial orientation and balance, proprioception (position of bones, joints, and muscles), and the sense of limb position that is used to track kinesthesia (limb movement) are part of somatosensation.
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Somatosensory Receptors
- Thus, they also contribute to proprioception and kinesthesia.
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Brain: Cerebral Cortex and Brain Lobes
- Two of the parietal lobe's main functions are processing somatosensation (touch sensations such as pressure, pain, heat, cold) and processing proprioception (the sense of how parts of the body are oriented in space).