proprioception; kinesthesia
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Introduction
Perception of body movement or position.[1]
Proprioceptive sensory input is carried in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord.
Proprioreceptors are sensors that provide information about joint angle, muscle length & tension.
Proprioreceptor input is integrated to give information about the position of a limb in space.
The muscle spindle is a proprioreceptor that provides information about changes in muscle length.
The Golgi tendon organ is a proprioreceptor that provides information about changes in muscle tension
Pathology
- disorders of proprioception include
More general terms
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia: Proprioception http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception
- ↑ Proprioceptors http://courses.washington.edu/conj/bess/spindle/proprioceptors.html