SOMESTHESIA (SOMAESTHESIA)
SOMESTHESIA (SOMAESTHESIA): AN INTEGRATED SENSORY SYSTEM Somesthesia, often referred to as somesthesis, constitutes the comprehensive sensory system responsible for the body’s perception of itself and its immediate physical environment. This fundamental system is defined as sensitivity to three primary categories of stimulation: cutaneous (skin), kinaesthetic (movement), and visceral (internal organs). Unlike the specialized senses such […]