1) Sensory system
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Nociception (also nocioception or nociperception) is the encoding and processing of harmful stimuli in the nervous system, and, therefore, the ability of a body to sense potential harm. It is the afferent activity in the peripheral and central nervous systems produced by stimulation of specialized free nerve endings called `nociceptors` or `pai......
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(from the article `nervous system, human`) Although the warning function of pain is obvious, it is not equivalent to nociception, the perception of forces likely to damage the tissues of the ... ...they normally respond; thus, there are photoreceptors (for light), mechanoreceptors (for distortion or bending), thermoreceptors (for heat),...
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(no″sĭ-sep´shәn) the ability to feel pain, caused by stimulation of a nociceptor. Physiologically, it is composed of four processes: transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception. Called also pain sense, algesia, and algesthesia.
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Detection of pain. See capsaicin.
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nociception The sense of pain.
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Describes the sensation of pain. Nociceptive stimuli are painful stimuli.
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The detection of noxious stimuli by the nervous system.
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