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Definition

noun, plural: proprioceptors

A sensory receptor located in the subcutaneous tissues, and is capable of detecting motion (or movement) and position of the body through a stimulus produced within the body.

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Examples of proprioceptors are as follows:

• neuromuscular spindle
• golgi tendon organ
• joint kinesthetic receptor
• vestibular apparatus

Word origin: Latin proprius, one's own + receptor

Related form(s): proprioception