muscle sense

noun

, Psychology, Physiology.

1. a sense of movement derived from afferent nerves originating in tendons, muscle tissue, skin, and joints; proprioception.

muscle sense

noun

1. another name for kinaesthesia

Word History and Origins

Origin of muscle sense¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

It seems probable that the eyes become trained to replace the muscle sense to a noteworthy degree, but there is in addition apparently a re-education of the muscle-sense.

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The muscle sense informs us of movements of the joints and of positions of the limbs, as well as of resistance encountered by any movement.

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These experiments were valuable also from the fact that here the cutaneous space was estimated by the muscle sense, or active touch, as it is called.

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This sense accordingly might better be called the "muscle, tendon and joint sense", but the shorter term, "muscle sense", bids fair to stick.

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It is known that the rat makes little use of the sense of sight in learning the maze, guiding himself mostly by the muscle sense.

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