[PHYSIO] Spinothalamic tract sensations Flashcards
sensation
information about environment obtained by sensory receptors
perception
brain selects, organizes, interprets sensations
sensory unit
sensory axon + all its peripheral branches
receptive field
spatial distribution area from which stimulus produces response
general sensations are classified into
somatic
visceral
special sensations
vision
smell
taste
hearing
(+somatic)
organic sensations
thirst
hunger
emotional sensations
fear
sadness
somatic sensations are classified into
cutaneous
deep
mixed
cutaneous sensations
touch
temperature
pain
deep sensations
deep pain
proprioception
mixed sensations
vibration
stereognosis
stereognosis
perception & recognition of an object in absence of visual & auditory info
tactile mechanoreceptive sensations
touch
pressure
vibration
kinesthetic mechanoreceptive sensations
sense of position & movement
cortical sensations
sharply localized fine sensations
thalamic sensations
poorly localized crude sensations
slow pain
wide degrees of thermal sensations
crude touch
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thalamic sensations
fast pain
fine touch
vibration
fine degrees of thermal sensations
stereognosis
proprioception
deep pressure
cortical sensations
spinothalamic sensations (5)
pain
crude touch
thermal sensations
itch & tickle
sexual sensations
dorsal column sensations (5)
fine touch
deep pressure
vibration
stereognosis
proprioception
spinothalamic pathway alternative name
anterolateral system