Touch

Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.

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Tree Number(s): F02.830.816.850, G11.561.790.850

MeSH Unique ID: D014110

Entry Terms:

• Taction
• Tactions
• Tactile Sense
• Senses, Tactile
• Sense, Tactile
• Tactile Senses
• Sense of Touch
• Touch Sense
• Touch Senses

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Psychological Phenomena
Psychophysiology
Sensation
Touch

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Phenomena and Processes Category
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Sensation
Touch