Sensory modalities

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Nervous System (Sensory) Mind Map on Sensory modalities, created by travel_bug on 21/10/2013.
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Sensory modalities
  1. Each type of sensory neuron can respond to only one type of stimulus
    1. General senses
      1. Somatic
        1. Tactile sensations (touch, pressure, vibration)
          1. Thermal
            1. pain
              1. Proprioceptive (perception of both static positions of limbs & body parts & movements of limbs & head
              2. Visceral
                1. Info about conditions within internal organs, eg pressure, stretch, chemicals, nausea, hunger & temp
              3. Special senses
                1. Smell, taste, vision, hearing, balance
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