Psychiatry and Psychology

Touch

Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Sense of Touch
  • Tactile Sense
  • Taction
  • Sense, Tactile
  • Senses, Tactile
  • Tactile Senses
  • Tactions
  • Touch Sense
  • Touch Senses

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

differentiate from TOUCH PERCEPTION: TOUCH takes place in the skin and mucous membranes, TOUCH PERCEPTION takes place in the brain

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  1. F02w.830w.816w.850w
  2. G11.561.790w.850w

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NLM Classification

WR 104

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Touch. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014110. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014110
  2. Touch. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch
  3. Touch. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877674