Sensation
The conscious or subconscious awareness of changes in the external or internal environment.
What is Sensation
The stimulation of sensory receptors embedded in the skin or subcutaneous layer.
What is Somatic Sensations.
Pathways that relay information from somatic sensory receptors to the primary somatosensory area.
What is Somatic Sensory Pathways.
Conveys signals to skeletal muscles of the trunk and proximal parts of the limbs.
What is Vestibulospinal Tract.
The 24-hour cycle that represents humans sleepfullness and awakeness.
What is Circadian Rhythm.
The conscious interpretation of sensations and is primarily a function of the cerebral cortex.
What is Perception
The receptors for pain.
What is Nociceptors.
The sensory neurons that conduct impulses from somatic sensory receptors into the brainstem or spinal cord.
What is First-order Neurons.
The progressive degenerative disease that attacks motor areas of the cerebral cortex.
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Awakening from sleep.
What is Arousal.
The type of sense that includes smell, taste, vision, hearing, and equilibrium or balance.
What is Special Senses.
The perception of body movements.
What is Kinesthesia.
The thin ribbonlike projection tract that extends from the medulla to the ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus.
What is Medial Lemniscus.
Keep the body in an upright and balanced position.
What is Postural Reflexes.
The state of unconsciousness in which an individual has little or no response to stimuli.
What is Coma.
The receptor that detects changes in temperature.
What is Thermoreceptors.
The name of a type of therapy that originated in China over 2000 years ago.
What is Acupuncture.
The distorted sensory map of the body.
What is Sensory Homunculus.
The disorder characterized by involuntary body movements and the use of unnecessary sounds.
What is Tourette Syndrome.
Disorder that entitles difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep.
What is Insomnia.
The receptor that detects changes in light that strikes the retina of the eye.
What is Photoreceptors.
The pain that occurs very rapidly after stimulus is applied.
What is Fast Pain.
The regions within the Central Nervous System where neurons synapse with other neurons that are a part of a particular sensory motor pathway.
What is Relay Stations.
Disorder that causes repetitive thoughts that cause repetitive behaviors that you feel obligated to perform.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
The memory of motor skills, procedures, and rules.
What is Procedural Memory.