body map
Figure showing physique
A body map is a visual representation of sensations, symptoms, or experiences located on a human figure.
In medicine, patients mark where they feel pain on a body map to communicate with doctors.
In neuroscience, body maps refer to the brain's internal representation of body parts—how the brain "knows" where your limbs are.
The physical therapist asked her to shade the areas of discomfort on the body map.
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- skinBody's outer layer
- skin surfaceOutermost bodily tissue layer
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
proprioception · nerves · nerve endings · cortex · homunculus · brain scan · topography · limbs · torso · awareness · feeling · felt sense · surface · chart · diagram · brain · sensory cortex · motor cortex
- anatomy diagramsanatomy chart, anatomy poster, muscle diagram, labeled diagram, brain diagram
- pain assessmentpain scale, pain score, pain intensity, pain level, pain chart
- figure drawingfigure drawing, life drawing, figure study, figure model, life model
- acupunctureacupoints, needling, acupuncture needles, acupuncture points, electroacupuncture
body mapgeographic map
Visual representation of terrain
world map · atlas · topographic map · road map · city map
body, map, bodies, bodied, bodily, embody, embodied, embodiment, embodying