Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource

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Preferred Name

Somatosensation
Synonyms

somatosensory perception

Definitions

the components of the central and peripheral nervous systems that receive and interpret sensory information from organs in the joints, ligaments, muscles, and skin. This system processes information about the length, degree of stretch, tension, and contraction of muscles; pain; temperature; pressure; and joint position.

ID

http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/ontology/cogat.owl#CAO_00503

alternative label

somatosensory perception

contributor

Russ Poldrack

date

2012-03-29 1:40:09

definition

the components of the central and peripheral nervous systems that receive and interpret sensory information from organs in the joints, ligaments, muscles, and skin. This system processes information about the length, degree of stretch, tension, and contraction of muscles; pain; temperature; pressure; and joint position.

label

Somatosensation

prefixIRI

CAO_00503

prefLabel

Somatosensation

subClassOf

http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/ontology/cogat.owl#CAO_00418

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