RT Book, Section
SR Print(0)
ID 1101679414
T1 The Somatosensory System: Receptors and Central Pathways
T2 Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-139011-8
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101679414
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  Primary  Sensory  Neurons  of  the  Somatosensory  System  Are  Clustered  in  the  Dorsal  Root  GangliaPeripheral  Somatosensory  Nerve  Fibers  Conduct  Action  Potentials  at  Different  RatesMany  Specialized  Receptors  Are  Employed  by  the  Somatosensory  SystemMechanoreceptors  Mediate  Touch  and  ProprioceptionProprioceptors  Measure  Muscle  Activity  and  Joint  PositionsNociceptors  Mediate  PainThermal  Receptors  Detect  Changes  in  Skin  TemperatureItch  Is  a  Distinctive  Cutaneous  SensationVisceral  Sensations  Represent  the  Status  of  Various  Internal  OrgansSomatosensory  Information  Enters  the  Central  Nervous  System  Through  Cranial  and  Spinal  NervesSomatosensory  Information  Flows  from  the  Spinal  Cord  to  the  Thalamus  Through  Parallel  PathwaysThe  Dorsal  Column–Medial  Lemniscal  System  Relays  Tactile  and  Proprioceptive  InformationThe  Spinothalamic  System  Conveys  Noxious,  Thermal,  and  Visceral  InformationThe  Thalamus  Has  a  Number  of  Specialized  Somatosensory  RegionsThe  Ventral  Posterior  Nucleus  Relays  Tactile  and  Proprioceptive  InformationNoxious,  Thermal,  and  Visceral  Information  Is  Processed  in  Several  Thalamic  NucleiAn  Overall  View