Scribd
Upload
45 views2 pages

Kinesthesia and Vestibular Senses

This document discusses kinesthesia and the vestibular senses. It defines kinesthesia as the perception of body movements and explains that it allows us to know where our body parts are located through receptors in our muscles and joints. The vestibular system maintains balance, posture, and spatial orientation, consisting of receptors in the inner ear that detect head motion. Issues with the vestibular system include motion sickness and vertigo. The key difference between the senses is that kinesthesia provides a sense of body movement and posture while the vestibular sense specifically provides a sense of balance and head movement.

Uploaded by

Pradyot Hegde
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
45 views2 pages

Kinesthesia and Vestibular Senses

This document discusses kinesthesia and the vestibular senses. It defines kinesthesia as the perception of body movements and explains that it allows us to know where our body parts are located through receptors in our muscles and joints. The vestibular system maintains balance, posture, and spatial orientation, consisting of receptors in the inner ear that detect head motion. Issues with the vestibular system include motion sickness and vertigo. The key difference between the senses is that kinesthesia provides a sense of body movement and posture while the vestibular sense specifically provides a sense of balance and head movement.

Uploaded by

Pradyot Hegde
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

Group members:

21EJPS05- Rifqa Sultana


21EJPS08 - Maria sanjana.S
21EJPS39- Sushmitha H
21EJPS41 - Sowmya Naomi Anil
21EJPS51- Shifra Blessy
21EJPS58 - Aleena Ahmed
21EJPF09- Pradyot
21EJPF13- Anandita
21EJPF25 - Thomas George
21EJPF56- Tia Mary
21EJPF58 - Abhilasha Prince

Kinesthesia and Vestibular senses :


Kinesthesia in simple words  is the perception of body movements, this term was introduced by
Charlton Bastian in  the 1880’s.
Through your sense of kinesthesis, you can tell where different parts of your body are located
even if your eyes are closed or you are standing in a dark room. For example, when you are
riding a bicycle, receptors in your arms and legs send information to the brain about the position
and movement of your limbs.
When you think of the five major senses (vision, smell, touch, taste, and hearing), you might
note that these all tend to focus on perceiving stimuli outside of the self. Kinesthesis is one type
of sense that is focused on the body's internal events. Rather than using this sense to detect
stimuli outside of the self, your sense of kinesthesis allows you to know where your body is
positioned and to detect changes in body position. When you need to perform a complex physical
action, your sense of kinesthesis allows you to know where your body is and how much further it
needs to go.
We use our kinaesthetic senses in most physical activities such as walking, running, driving,
dancing, swimming and every other activity that involved body movement.
 
 
Biological basis of kinesthesia:
No specific organ contains the kinesthetic sense, they are embedded in muscle fibers and joints.
Semicircular canals of the inner ear contain the sensory receptors that detect head motion caused
when you tilt or move your head or bodies. The brain pathways for the vestibular sense begin in
the auditory nerve which contains the cochlear nerve and vestibular nerve. If the sensitivity of
the receptors is destroyed one may not be able to maintain balance in the body.
 
The vestibular system :
It is a  system in the body that is responsible for maintaining balance, posture, and the body’s
orientation in space and plays an important role in regulating locomotion and other movements.
It consists of the vestibular apparatus in the inner ear, the vestibular nerve, and the various
cortical regions associated with the processing of vestibular (balance) information.
 
 
Issues related to the vestibular systems include:
1.       Motion sickness- It consists of feelings of discomfort, nausea, and dizziness in a moving
vehicle. It is believed to develop when there is a sensory mismatch between the information from
the vestibular system.
2.       Vertigo and Meniere’s Disease- Both result from malfunction of the semi- circular canals of the
vestibular system and share similar features. The symptoms include dizziness, vomiting,
spinning and buzzing sounds.
 
What is the difference between  Kinesthetic and vestibular senses ?
The key difference between Kinesthetic and vestibular senses is that kinesthetic sense provides a
sense of movement, posture and orientation meanwhile the vestibular senses provides a sense of
balance and movement of the head. Kinesthetic sense originates from the sensors located in
joints, tendons, bones, ears and skin while vestibular sense originates from the semicircular
canals in the inner ear and the vestibular sacs.
 
 

You might also like