OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Sensory Perception
Learn the different types of sensory receptors, and describe the structures responsible for the special senses of taste, smell, hearing, balance, and vision.
University of Washington
University of Washington: The Senses Touch
Do you know what the largest sensory organ of the body is? Use this site on skin and its sense of touch to learn more.
Frontiers Media
Frontiers: Feeling Your Way and Knowing by Touch
You can perceive things by touching, tasting, smelling, listening and seeing. The sensory system that allows us to "feel" is called somatosensation (so-MAT-o-sen-sa-shun). Somatosensation is a broadly defined perceptual system that...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Somatosensory Effects, Temple Grandin's Squeeze Box
Read the passage "Somatosensory Effects, Temple Grandin's Squeeze Box" and complete the related five-question quiz.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Somatosensation Questions
This is a ten-question quiz pertaining to Somatosensation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Congenital Analgesia
Read the passage "Congenital Analgesia" and complete the related five-question quiz.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Phantom Limb Pain Among Veterans
Read the passage "Phantom Limb Pain Among Veterans" and complete the five-question quiz.