Touch

Touch

The somatosensory system is a diverse sensory system comprising the receptors and processing centres to produce the sensory modalities such as touch, temperature, proprioception (body position), and nociception (pain). The sensory receptors cover the skin and epithelia, skeletal muscles, bones and joints, internal organs, and the cardiovascular system.

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Famous quotes containing the word touch:

    But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
    George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    You did not sense the wings beyond the gate;
    you could not see,
    you could not touch and feel,
    actually the sea-sand
    and the sea-shell.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    I will be the gladdest thing
    Under the sun!
    I will touch a hundred flowers
    And not pick one.
    Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)