Sixth Sense: Somatosensory System (Proprioceptors)

                                        

                                                              Somatosensory Cortex

                                                           Multimodal Sensory System

                                                      Somatosensory System: Sixth Sense 

Proprioceptors 

Provide Position Of Limbs And Degree Of Muscle Relaxation 

Types Of Proprioceptors

Somatosensory Pathways

Dorsal Columm/Anterolateral Tract

Dorsal Columm Pathways 

 

Antero- Lateral Tract 

Spinocerebellar Pathway 

Defects In Somatosensory Pathways 

Current Research

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