To do with sensing ones own body in movement. Sometimes referred to as the crown of the senses, the kinaesthetic sense is a nervous system function as important as sight or any other of the traditional five senses. (See Garlick's “The Lost Sixth Sense” available at www.stat.org.uk/statbooks)

relating to the sense of the body's movement, an overall term used to cover sensations originating in the muscles, tendons and joints. Contributes to Haptic perception.

the ability of the body to receive and respond to stimuli, knowing which part of the body is moving, where it is moving and how it is moving