Sense
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SENSE faculty by which external or internal stimuli are conveyed to the brain centers, where they are registered as sensations...Somatic sensations such as hunger, thirst, and fatigue are thought to originate in specific areas of the nervous system. The sense of balance, or equilibrium, is related to the flow of endolymph, a fluid found in the inner ear...