<P> Proprioception (/ ˌproʊprioʊˈsɛpʃən, - priə - / PROH - pree - o - SEP - shən), from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own", "individual", and capio, capere, to take or grasp, is the sense of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement . </P> <P> In humans, it is provided by proprioceptors in skeletal striated muscles (muscle spindles) and tendons (Golgi tendon organ) and the fibrous membrane in joint capsules . It is distinguished from exteroception, by which one perceives the outside world, and interoception, by which one perceives pain, hunger, etc., and the movement of internal organs . </P>

Body awareness as to positions of parts in space is called