Sense systems {kinesthesia}| {kinesthesis} {kinesthetic sense} {proprioception} use mechanoreceptors to detect relative body-part positions, angles, forces, torques, and motions, including position changes during and after movements. Kinesthetic system measures body-point displacements from equilibrium and then calculates relative point-pair distances and point-triple angles. Body movements and outside forces move body points sequentially and change body-point relations in regular and repeated ways, so brain builds and remembers motor patterns that allow muscle coordination and balance. Kinesthesia is not conscious, because it is internal.
relations: touch
Touch detects body-surface pressures and temperatures and coordinates with kinesthesia to determine true distances and times.
relations: proprioception
Kinesthesia includes proprioception.
relations: vestibular system
Kinesthetic system includes vestibular system.
relations: cerebellum
Cerebellum coordinates body movements and communicates with kinesthetic system.
problems
Proprioceptive receptor and nerve inflammation impairs body-position sensation. Nerve damage can impair movement consciousness.
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