Somatic dysfunction

Somatic may refer to:

* Somatic (biology), referring to the cells of the body in contrast to the germ line cells
** Somatic cell, a non-gametic cell in a multicellular organism
* Somatic nervous system, the portion of the vertebrate nervous system which regulates voluntary movements of the body
* Somatics, a group of alternative medicine approaches, experiential movement disciplines, and dance techniques
* Somatic theory, a model of human social behavior

Related concepts

* Somatic marker hypothesis, an explanation of how emotions affect decision-making
* Somatic symptom disorder, aka somatoform disorder, characterized by medically unexplained physical symptoms, and considered to be a mental health issue
* Somatotype, the now-discredited idea associating body types with human temperament types
* Psychosomatic medicine, an interdisciplinary medical field exploring the relationships among social, psychological, and behavioral factors on bodily processes and quality of life in humans and animals

Other

* Hahn Rowe, a musician who has performed as the act, Somatic, releasing an album with a related title (''the new body'')

See also

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* Touch (disambiguation)
* Tactile (disambiguation)
* Haptic (disambiguation)

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