Literary notes about somatic (AI summary)
In literary texts the term "somatic" spans a broad range of meanings that link the physical, bodily dimension of an organism with deeper biological and psychological processes. In many scientific discourses it is employed to distinguish the body’s ordinary cells from the reproductive or germinal elements; for instance, discussions of heredity and cellular differentiation rely on this contrast to explain why somatic traits are typically not passed on ([1],[2],[3]). In developmental and anatomical studies, "somatic" designates specific body layers or structures, as seen in descriptions of the mesoblast or cell division patterns ([4],[5],[6]). Moreover, in psychoanalytic and psychological literature, the term is extended metaphorically to refer to the bodily manifestations of mental states and experiences, emphasizing how physical responses such as blushing or other somatic stimuli interrelate with psychic life ([7],[8],[9],[10]).
- I must therefore consider as erroneous the hypothesis which assumes that the somatic nucleoplasm may be transformed into germ-plasm.
— from Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological ProblemsAuthorised Translation by August Weismann - Weismann has tried to prove that acquired characteristics are not transmitted in heredity, and that the germ plasm is distinct from the somatic cells.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899Vol. LVI, November, 1899 to April, 1900 by Various - Weismann made many experiments on animals, especially by mutilation, to show that somatic changes are not inherited.
— from The Monist, Vol. 1, 1890-1891 by Various - These lie in the perivisceral space, between the somatic and splanchnic layers of the mesoblast, and on the sides of the abdomen.
— from The Structure and Life-history of the Cockroach (Periplaneta orientalis) An Introduction to the Study of Insects by L. C. (Louis Compton) Miall - Each side-plate of mesoblast is divided into a somatic and a splanchnic layer, continuous throughout the vertebral and parietal portions of the plate.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour - This thickening, as is shewn in transverse sections at the stage when the segmental duct becomes separated from the somatic mesoblast (Plate 36, fig.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour - The objectors chose to forget that the sexual function is neither purely psychic nor merely somatic.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - The somatic process of blushing is, as Darwin {52} shows, quite remarkable.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - By physicians, of course, the dream was considered as a non-psychic act, as the manifestation of somatic irritations in the psychic life.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - In a large number of cases the interpretation of the stimuli as somatic remains uncertain and undemonstrable.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
