We found 3 definitions of sensory system from 2 different sources.
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sensory system - the body's system of sense organs | ||
system instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" | ||
organic structure, physical structure, body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" | ||
sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation | ||
auditory system the sensory system for hearing | ||
visual system the sensory system for vision | ||
vestibular apparatus, vestibular system organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium | ||
sensory system - a particular sense | ||
modality, sense modality | ||
sensory faculty, sentiency, sentience, sensation, sense the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart | ||
visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light" | ||
somatosense any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain | ||
auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, audition, hearing a test of the suitability of a performer | ||
gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting" |