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proprioception

DEFINITIONS OF: proprioception

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n the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts

Types:
kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement
the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
kinanesthesia
inability to sense movement
equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense
a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
Type of:
interoception
sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
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