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stereognosis

The ability to perceive the nature & form of objects by the sense of touch. Sensory input of stereognosis is carried in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord.

Related

posterior (dorsal) column

General

perception somatosensation (somatosensory)

References

  1. nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov/hstat/ahcpr/
  2. Clinical Anatomy Made Ridiculously Simple. Stephen Goldberg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995