SPECIAL SENSES

• Somatic sensations are sensory receptors located in the skin.
• Proprioception is the ability to recognize the position of body parts, located in muscles and tendons.
• Kinesthesia is the ability to recognize the movement of body parts, located in muscles and tendons.
• Olfactory transduction involves the process of converting chemical signals into neural signals, located through the cribriform plate.
• Gustation involves the process of converting chemical signals into neural signals, located through filiform papillae.
• Vision involves the process of converting light energy into neural signals, located in the eye (vitreous chamber).
• Hearing and equilibrium involve the process of converting sound energy into neural signals, located in the ear.
• The process of sensation begins with the generation of nerve impulses and ends with the integration of sensory input.
• Gustatory receptor cells, photoreceptors, and hair cells are examples of sensory receptors.
• Thermal sensations, pain sensations, and proprioceptive sensations are types of somatic sensations.
• Somatic pain is a type of pain located in the somatic sensations.
• Proprioceptive sensations are located in the muscles and tendons.
• Sensory receptors are located in the skin, in the somatic sensations.
• Clinical connections include thermal sensations, pain sensations, and proprioceptive sensations.
• The aging process affects the special senses.
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