Classification of somatic Sensation

Atifa Ambreen

Medical Lab Technology

Somatic Sensation

This is the nervous mechanism that collect sensory information from all over the body.

Classification of somatic senses

The somatic senses can b classified into three physiologic types:-

Mechano receptive somatic senses Thermo receptive senses Pain senses

Mechano receptive somatic sense:-

include both tactile and position sensation that are stimulated by mechanical displacement of some tissues of the body.

Thermo receptive senses:-

• Which detect heat and cold

Pain senses:-

• which is activated by factors that damage the tissue.

Other classification of somatic sensation

Extero receptive sensation:-

from surface of the body proprioceptive sensation:-

In tendon and muscle sensation

visceral sensation:-

From the visceraDeep sensation:-

From tissues