What is a strange sense?

A special sense is the feeling that a specific organ devoted to the purpose of accepting a sensory entry leading to perception. For example, a vision is a special sense, because the eyes are specifically devoted to receiving a light entry that is converted into understandable visual information in the brain. Touch, the primary general sense, has no dedicated sensory organ, but instead interprets various sensory signals through receptors inside and outside the body. One of the main differences between the general and special senses is the mechanism by which sensory data is communicated to the central nervous system.

Every special sense has a specialized path of the nervous system that communicates the respective sensory information to the central nervous system. Special somatic afferent (SSA) are the nerves that are devoted to special sense of vision, hearing and balance. Specifically, the optical nerve is responsible for special sensation, while vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for hearing and balance. Special visceral affereNTY (SVA) are responsible for carrying sensory data regarding taste and smell. Special afferent nerves specially related to taste and smell are olfactory, facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves.

The general feeling of touch, which includes the perception of pressure, vibration, pain, heat and relative placement of different parts of the body, is governed by a somatosensory system. Unlike a particular nerve pathway that would make a special sense, these different forms of touching are processed by a huge system of receptors and nerve paths throughout the body. These receptors are very predominant in the skin and are also found in muscles, joints, bones, various internal organs and many other places. The feeling of touch is perceived and professional by a wide range of organs and nerve roads and is not tied to a single sensory organ, which means it as a general than a special sense.

special sensory organs haveThe tendency to form in the early stages of embryonic development, but the complete development of some of these sensory organs takes years. For example, human eyes continue to grow and develop for the first eight years of the child's life. In addition, newborns tend to be able to reflexively reflect on sounds, although the ability of a more complicated understanding of sound is developing rapidly. On the other hand, there is a special sense of taste the most acute at birth, but it tends to decrease later in life. This also applies to the fragrance.