A student is feeling inside her backpack to find her mobile phone. There are a number of other items in the bag other than the phone
The nurse knows that which of the following terms best describes one's ability to sense of shape and size of an object in the absence of visualization?
A)
Stereognosis
B)
Astereognosis
C)
Modalities
D)
Somesthesia
Ans:
A
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The sense of shape and size of an object in the absence of visualization is known as stereognosis. Astereognosis is a deficit whereby a person can correctly describe the object but does not recognize it. "Modalities" is a term used for qualitative, subjective distinctions between sensations such as touch, heat, and pain. Somesthesia describes most of the perceptive aspects of body sensation and requires the function of the parietal association cortex.
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