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VIBRATORY SENSIBILITY

VIBRATION
Results from rapidly repetitive sensory signals All tactile receptors are involve in detection of vibration
PACINIAN CORPUSCLES - 30 800 cycles per second MEISSNERS CORPUSCLES - 2 80 cycles per second

Vibrating tuning fork applied to the skin tactile receptors type A nerve fibers lemniscal pathway Somatosensory area I and II vibratory sensation

DORSAL ASPECT OF THE ARM BACK DORSAL SURFACE OF THE FOOT

STEREOGNOSIS
STEREOGNOSIS
The appreciation of the form of three dimensional objects by palpation without the aid of vision Depends on the intact touch and pressure sensation
ASTEREOGNOSIA inability to identify objects through touch without the aid of vision

Objects Coin Key Nameplate Paper Ballpen Phone Wallet Tunning fork

Chocolate bar Money bill

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