SVOS: Somatic, Visceral, Organic, Special
📌 Somatic sensations are felt from somatic structures, conducted by somatic nerves, and perceived in the cerebral cortex.
1. What is a sensation?
2. Which classification correctly matches each sensory group with its sources?
3. Which pathway and perception pattern characterizes a somatic sensation?
What is sensation?
A feeling caused by a stimulus.
From which body parts do somatic sensations arise?
Skin, muscles, and joints.
What type of sensations come from painful viscera, micturition, and defecation?
Visceral sensations.
Which sensations include hunger, thirst, and sex?
Organic sensations.
What are special sensations?
Hearing, smell, taste, vision, and equilibrium.
From which structures are somatic sensations felt?
Somatic sensations are felt from somatic structures.
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