Mechanoreception - sensing touch + feeling sound

Mechanoreception refers to the sensory receptors called mechanoreceptors, these respond to various types of pressure and mechanical stimuli on the body such as..

touch / sustained touch

pressure

joint compression

gentle stretch/elongation

vibration

pandiculation - he stretch/yawm reflex

These mechanoreceptors work closely with our proprioceptors and interoceptors to provide us with invaluable information about our way, about our perception of our life as a human being on earth.

** if we didn’t have mechanoreceptors we wouldn’t be able to so sense touch, pressure, vibration or stretch.