Sensation

The process in which specialized SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS transduce peripheral stimuli (physical or chemical) into NERVE IMPULSES which are then transmitted to the various sensory centers in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

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Tree Number(s): F02.830.816, G11.561.790

MeSH Unique ID: D012677

Entry Terms:

• Sensations
• Organoleptic
• Sensory Function
• Function, Sensory
• Functions, Sensory
• Sensory Functions

See Also:

• Perception

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Psychological Phenomena
Psychophysiology
Sensation
Breakthrough Pain
Hearing
Bone Conduction
Mastodynia
Musculoskeletal Pain
Myalgia
Pain
Arthralgia +
Pain Threshold
Renal Colic
Pleasure
Proprioception
Kinesthesis
Postural Balance +
Smell
Taste
Thermosensing
Touch
Vision, Ocular
Color Vision
Mesopic Vision +
Night Vision
Phosphenes
Vision, Entoptic

All MeSH Categories
Phenomena and Processes Category
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Sensation
Gravity Sensing
Hearing
Bone Conduction
Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
Mastodynia
Musculoskeletal Pain
Myalgia
Pain
Arthralgia +
Breakthrough Pain
Pain Threshold
Renal Colic
Proprioception
Kinesthesis
Postural Balance +
Smell
Taste
Taste Threshold
Thermosensing
Touch
Vision, Ocular
Color Vision
Mesopic Vision +
Night Vision
Phosphenes
Vision, Entoptic