Latin proprius = one's own, and captum = taken; hence, sensory impulses received by the joints and muscles within one's own body.
The correlation of unconscious sensations for the skin and joints that allows conscious appreciation of the position to the body.
Relating to the system by which nerve receptors in skin, muscle, ligament and joint tissue relay information to the brain about body position sense, where this information is quickly processed and movement strategies are formulated and executed using nerve signals to muscles.
Stimuli from the nerve receptors located in the muscles, tendons, and inner ear that provide a sense of the position of one's body in space.
Sense of body awareness created by interpreting the information from the muscles and joints.
Pertinent to prioprioception-the awareness of one's own posture, movement and changes in equilibrium and the knowledge of position, weight and resistance of objects in relation to the body.