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EPICRITIC SENSATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The sensibility to gentle stimulations which furnishes the means for making fine discriminations of touch and temperature; this sensibility exists in the skin only.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

Deux systèmes anatomiques se partagent la transmission du message nociceptif : -La voie lemniscale : un dispositif anatomique à conduction rapide ayant pour rôle de discrimination et conduisant la sensibilité épicritique et profonde. - La voie extra-lemniscale, une véritable alarme, un système de conduction lente, véhiculant la sensibilité thermique et douloureuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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