RT Book, Section A1 Kandel, Eric R. A1 Koester, John D. A1 Mack, Sarah H. A1 Siegelbaum, Steven A. SR Print(0) ID 1180641360 T1 Receptors of the Somatosensory System T2 Principles of Neural Science, 6e YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781259642234 LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180641360 RD 2024/03/29 AB NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL sensory modalities were first conducted in the somatosensory system (Greek soma, the body), the system that transmits information coded by receptors distributed throughout the body. Charles Sherrington, one of the earliest investigators of these bodily senses, noted that the somatosensory system serves three major functions: proprioception, exteroception, and interoception.