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Descriptor English: Proprioception
Descriptor Spanish: Propiocepción
Descriptor propiocepción
Entry term(s) propiosensibilidad
sentido de la posición
sentido del equilibrio
sentido laberíntico
sentido postural
sentido vestibular
Scope note: Funciones sensitivas que transducen los estímulos recibidos por los receptores propioceptivos de las articulaciones, músculos y OÍDO INTERNO en impulsos nerviosos para ser transmitidos al SISTEMA NERVIOSO CENTRAL. La propiocepción proporciona la percepción de las posiciones estacionarias y los movimientos de las partes del cuerpo, importante para mantener la CINESTESIA y el EQUILIBRIO POSTURAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Propriocepção
Descriptor French: Proprioception
Entry term(s): Sens de l'espace
Sensibilité posturale
Statesthésie
Tree number(s): F02.830.816.541
G07.888.750
G11.561.790.541
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011434
Scope note: Sensory functions that transduce stimuli received by proprioceptive receptors in joints, tendons, muscles, and the INNER EAR into neural impulses to be transmitted to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Proprioception provides sense of stationary positions and movements of one's body parts, and is important in maintaining KINESTHESIA and POSTURAL BALANCE.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
GE génétique
IM immunologie
PH physiologie
RE effets des radiations
DeCS ID: 11866
Unique ID: D011434
NLM Classification: WE 104
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/06/09
Proprioception - Preferred
Concept UI M0017778
Preferred term Proprioception
Sens de l'espace - Narrower
Concept UI M0519213
Preferred term Sens de l'espace
Entry term(s) Sensibilité posturale
Statesthésie



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