sensory system
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Definition
- Noun:
- The body's system of sense organs: The collective anatomical structures and neural pathways responsible for receiving and processing stimuli from the environment or the body.
- A particular sense: One of the specific systems (e.g., visual, auditory, olfactory) dedicated to a single type of sensory perception.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The human sensory system includes the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin.
- Damage to the auditory sensory system can result in hearing loss.
- Each sensory system transmits information to specific regions of the brain.
Advanced Usage
- In a technical/biological context: Refers to the complete apparatus for a sense, including receptors, neural pathways, and brain centers.
- The study focused on how the olfactory sensory system develops in infants.
- In a comparative context: Used to discuss differences between species.
- A bat's auditory sensory system is highly specialized for echolocation.
Variants and Related Words
- Sensory (adj): Relating to sensation or the physical senses.
- Sensory input comes from the environment.
- Sensor (n): A device that detects a physical property. (Note: This is a technological term, not a biological one like "sensory system").
- Sensation (n): A physical feeling resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.
Synonyms
- Perceptual system: A system involved in perceiving and interpreting sensory information.
- Sense modality: A specific type of sense, such as vision or touch.
Related Phrases
- Sensory processing: The way the nervous system receives and interprets sensory signals.
- The child's therapy aims to improve sensory processing.
- Sensory input: The stimuli received by the sensory receptors.
- The brain integrates all sensory input to form a perception.
Notes on Meaning
- The term sensory system can be used broadly for the entire network of senses or narrowly for one specific sense (e.g., the visual sensory system). The context usually makes the scope clear.
- It is a scientific and medical term but is also used in general educational contexts.
Noun
- the body's system of sense organs
- a particular sense