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  2. Special senses - Wikipedia

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    In medicine and anatomy, the special senses are the senses that have specialized organs devoted to them: vision (the eye) hearing and balance ...

  3. Special somatic afferent fibers - Wikipedia

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    Special somatic afferent fibers (SSA) are the afferent nerve fibers that carry information from the special senses of vision, hearing and balance. The cranial nerves containing SSA fibers are the optic nerve (CN II) and the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII).

  4. Sensory nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Sense organs are transducers that convert data from the outer physical world to the realm of the mind where people interpret the information, creating their perception of the world around them. [ 1 ] The receptive field is the area of the body or environment to which a receptor organ and receptor cells respond.

  5. Medical specialty - Wikipedia

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    A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy. Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children ( pediatrics ), cancer ( oncology ), laboratory medicine ( pathology ), or primary care ( family medicine ).

  6. Sense - Wikipedia

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    Somatosensation is considered a general sense, as opposed to the special senses discussed in this section. Somatosensation is the group of sensory modalities that are associated with touch and interoception. The modalities of somatosensation include pressure, vibration, light touch, tickle, itch, temperature, pain, kinesthesia. [18]

  7. Kids' eyesight is getting worse. Special contact lenses may ...

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    Special contact lenses may be the answer. ... Myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness, is a vision condition where close objects look clear but far objects look blurry, said David Berntsen ...

  8. Special visceral afferent fiber - Wikipedia

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    Special visceral afferent fibers (SVA) are afferent fibers that develop in association with the gastrointestinal tract. [1] They carry the special sense of taste (gustation). The cranial nerves containing SVA fibers are the facial nerve (VII), the glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), and the vagus nerve (X). [ 2 ]

  9. Olfactory system - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory system, is the sensory system used for the sense of smell (olfaction). Olfaction is one of the special senses directly associated with specific organs. Most mammals and reptiles have a main olfactory system and an accessory olfactory system. The main olfactory system detects airborne substances, while the accessory system senses ...