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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_00525
alternative label

somatosensory perception
Contributor

Russ Poldrack
Date

2012-03-28 18:40:09
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.
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Perception
label

Somatosensation
note

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.
preferred label

Somatosensation
prefixIRI

cogat:CAO_00525
Resource Identifier

trm_4a3fd79d0b160
Title

Somatosensation
subClassOf

http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/ontology/cogat.owl#CAO_00001
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