<P> Proprioception (/ ˌproʊprioʊˈsɛpʃən, - priə - / PRO-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 capsules in joints . 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>

The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts is known as