2. Definition of Proprioception sense
• The perception governed by
proprioceptors, as awareness of the position
of one's body.
• The sense of reception of stimuli produced
within the organism.
• The sense of unconscious perception of
movement and spatial orientation arising from
stimuli within the body itself.
5. Basis of proprioceptive sense
• The initiation of Proprioception is the activation of a
proprioreceptor in the periphery. The proprioceptive
sense is believed to be composed of information from
sensory neurons located in the inner ear and in the
stretch receptors located in the muscles and the joint-
supporting ligaments.
• There are specific nerve receptors for this form of
perception termed "proprioreceptors," just as there
are specific receptors for
pressure, light, temperature, sound, and other sensory
experiences.
• Proprioreceptors are sometimes known as adequate
stimuli receptors.
6. The Proprioceptors
• The receptors of the proprioceptive sense are
located in the muscles and joints throughout
the body, and they are sensitive to stretching
and to compression.
• When this sense is working effectively the
brain, at all times, has an awareness of where
the various body parts are in space, if they are
moving or not, and how fast and what
direction they are moving.
• This constant‘ running’ awareness is conveyed to the
brain depending upon which proprioceptors are
being stretched or compressed.
