Touch
The scientific word for touch
Somatosensory
An organ that helps you hear
What is the ear?
Scientific Word for Smell
Olfaction
Organ used to taste
What is the tongue?
Describe touch
What is it called when something comes in contact with the body?
Describe something else our ears are used for besides hearing.
What is keep our balance?
The nose is made of bones and a flexible material called what
What is cartilage?
Describe taste
What is the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth?
What four things do our sensory nerves allow us to feel
heat, cold, pain, and pressure
black center of the eye
what is the pupil?
Part of the ear that turns vibrations into brain signals
What is the cochlea?
the sense of smell is related to another sense
What is the taste sense?
The scientific word for taste
Gustation
Receptors that pick up the sensation of heat are called
Thermoreceptors
The part of the eye that regulates the size of the pupil
Iris
The 3 bones in your middle ear
Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup
Your nose has lots of tiny hairs called what
what is cilia?
Food is dissolved using what liquid in the mouth
What is Saliva?
Hair grows from tiny pits in the skin called
Hair Follicles
Why we have 2 eyes
Depth Perception
The reason why Mr. O's hearing is not great
Missing or damaged cilia (hair cells) from his cochleas.
The nerve that sends smells to the brain
What is the olfactory nerve?
The 5 types of taste
sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami