Touch Modality — synonyms, definition

1. touch modality (Noun)

4 synonyms
cutaneous senses sense of touch skin senses touch
1 definition

touch modality (Noun) — The faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands). ex. "only sight and touch modality enable us to locate objects in the space around us"

2 types of
exteroception somatosense
9 parts of
somaesthesia somaesthesis somataesthesis somatesthesia somatic sense somatic sensory system somatosensory system somesthesia somesthesis