The Position-Movement sensation was originally described in 1557 by Julius Caesar Scaliger as a 'sense of locomotion'. ![]() It is the sense that indicates whether the body is moving with required effort, as well as where the various parts of the body are located in relation to each other. Unlike the six exteroceptive senses ( sight, taste, smell, touch, hearing, and balance) by which we perceive the outside world, and interoceptive senses, by which we perceive the pain and the stretching of internal organs, proprioception is a third distinct sensory modality that provides feedback solely on the status of the body internally. Proprioception ( Template:PronEng PRO-pree-o-SEP-shun) from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own" and perception) is the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body. ![]() The cerebellum is largely responsible for coordinating the unconscious aspects of proprioception.
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