Touch

Descriptions of Touch

Touch : group of senses by which contact with objects gives evidence as to certain of their qualities, as registered by mechanoreceptors in the skin and mucous membranes.
Source: CRISP

Summary Information: Touch

Touch: The sense of touch or physical feeling of the body.

Condition count: 0

Organ types: Senses (2)

Related organs: nerves (73), skin (91)

Organs: list of all organs

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