SOMATIC SENSORY SYSTEM

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SOMATIC SENSORY SYSTEM

FUNCTIONS OF THE SOMATIC SENSORY SYSTEM

TACTILE RECEPTORS

SENSORY ADAPTATION

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TYPES OF SENSORY RECEPTORS IN THE SKIN

PROPRIOCEPTORS

STATIC PROPRIOCEPTORS

DYNAMIC PROPRIOCEPTORS

THERMAL RECEPTORS

NOCIOCEPTORS

ORGANIZATION OF SOMATIC SENSORY SYSTEM

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOMATIC SENSORY ORGANIZATION

ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS

FURTHER ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS

ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS: TERMINOLOGY

TERMINOLOGY ILLUSTRATED

THE SPINAL CORD IN SOMATIC SENSORY FUNCTION

SEGMENTAL STRUCTURE OF SPINAL NERVES

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SPINAL CORD

TOUCH AND PRESSURE

PAIN AND TEMPERATURE

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LESION ON RIGHT HALF OF SPINAL CORD

THE CRANIAL NERVES

THE THALAMUS IN SOMATIC SENSATION

THE THALAMUS IN SOMATIC SENSATION

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SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX

THE SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX

SOMATOTOPIC ORGANIZATION OF THE SENSORY CORTEX

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RECEPTIVE FIELDS

RECEPTIVE FIELDS BY CELL BODY LOCATION: DORSAL ROOT GANGLION

RECEPTIVE FIELDS BY CELL BODY LOCATION: DORSAL ROOT GANGLION

RECEPTIVE FIELDS BY CELL BODY LOCATION: DORSAL COLUMN NUCLEI

RECEPTIVE FIELDS BY CELL BODY LOCATION: DORSAL COLUMN NUCLEI

LATERAL INHIBITION

ANNULAR RECEPTIVE FIELDS

ANNULAR RECEPTIVE FIELDS

CONVERGENCE OF THREE OR MORE NEURONS WITH ANNULAR RECEPTIVE FIELDS YIELDS A NEURON WITH A RECTANGULAR RECEPTIVE FIELD

OVERLAPPING ANNULAR RECEPTIVE FIELDS ARE RECTANGULAR

SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX

DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECEPTIVE FIELDS

Author: Donald C. Mikulecky

Email: mikuleck@hsc.vcu.edu

Home Page: http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/

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