mechanorecepció
Mechanoreception is the sensory perception of mechanical stimuli. It is one of the five traditional senses, alongside sight, smell, taste, and hearing. Mechanoreceptors are specialized sensory nerve endings that respond to mechanical pressure, touch, vibration, stretch, and other deformations of the body. These receptors are found throughout the body, including the skin, muscles, tendons, and internal organs.
In the skin, mechanoreceptors are responsible for our sense of touch. Different types of mechanoreceptors detect
Mechanoreception is also crucial for proprioception, the sense of the relative position of one's own parts
In the auditory system, hair cells in the inner ear are mechanoreceptors that convert sound vibrations into