Sensory Functioning - 44

Question 1

disturbed sensory perception

Answer 1

a state in which the individual or group experiences or is at risk for a change in the amount, pattern, or interpretation of incoming stimuli

Question 2

gustatory

Answer 2

pertaining to taste

Question 3

kinesthesia

Answer 3

awareness of positioning of body parts and body movement

Question 4

proprioception

Answer 4

description of the sense, usually at a subconscious level, of the movements and position of the body, especially its limbs, independent of vision

Question 5

reticular activating system

Answer 5

network of neurons in the core of the brainstem, with ascending and descending tracts to other areas of the brain that monitor and regulate incoming sensory stimuli and level of arousal

Question 6

sensoristastis

Answer 6

arousal state of the reticular activating system; general drive state

Question 7

sensory perception

Answer 7

conscious process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data from the senses into meaningful information sensory/perceptual alteration disturbance in the body’s ability to receive or process data from its internal or external environment

Question 8

stereognosis

Answer 8

the sense that perceives the solidity of objects, their size, shape, and texture

Question 9

tactile

Answer 9

pertaining to touch