Things traveling to a nucleus are afferents. Thalamus has afferents and efferents (things leaving it).
partial lobes
receptor
parietal lobe
Somatosensory disorders are problems related to the human sense of touch. The most common example is numbness or pins and needles sensation (paresthesia) after injury to a nerve.
This part of the brain processes information from the skin (touch, temperature and pain).
The somatosensory cortex
somatosensory strip
The Primary somatosensory cortex
partial lobes
Primary Somatosensory
The primary somatosensory cortex is located in the lateral postcentral gyrus. That structure is itself located within the parietal lobe in the cerebral cortex.