Definition: Sensation of making physical contact with objects, animate or inanimate. Tactile stimuli are detected by MECHANORECEPTORS in the skin and mucous membranes.
differentiate from TOUCH PERCEPTION: TOUCH takes place in the skin and mucous membranes, TOUCH PERCEPTION takes place in the brain
Other names Tactions; Tactile Sense; Touch Senses; Touch Sense; Tactile Senses; Senses, Tactile; Sense, Tactile; Sense of Touch; Taction
