In Your Own Words. 1  The sense of touch let's people feel their surroundings; cold, warmth, texture, and pain. 2  This is when you can tell when you are cold, hot, or feeling pain. connected to the Somatosensory Cortex in the brain.
Facts about flatulence (gas), excessive, and chronic. 1  The definition of flatulence or intestinal gas is the state of having excessive stomach and/or intestinal gas (waste gas produced during digestion) that is usually released from the anus with sound and/or odor. Causes of excess gas in the digestive tract are swallowed air, breakdown of undigested foods, lactase intolerance, and.
Most of the time excessive gas is due to what you are eating and drinking and habits that cause you to swallow air. But it can be a symptom certain health conditions. Some other causes for excess gas include: Irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Lactose intolerance. Fructose intolerance.