Sight
What part of your eye lets light in?
The Pupil
What part of the ear contains fluid and the hair cells?
The cochlea
What part of the tongue detects flavor?
The taste buds
What part of your nose does the smell reach first?
nostrils
What is the colorful part of the eye that controls the amount of light that is let in the eye?
The Iris
What are the names of the two parts of the outer ear?
The pinna and ear canal
What other sense besides taste do we use to to taste food?
The sense of smell
What is the space that a smell enters inside the nose called?
The nasal cavity
What part of the eye sends the electrical signals to the brain?
The optic nerve
What is a part of the neuron that receives messenger signals?
Dendrites
What is the layer of skin called that we can see?
The epidermis
What is the name of the phenomenon where you smell for so long, you stop smelling?
Olfactory fatigue/Nose blind
What are two types of cells in our eyes?
Rods and Cones
What connects your ear to your brain?
The auditory nerve
What is muscle memory?
Doing a repeated activity causes you not to think about every single detail of the activity when you are doing it.
What are the five flavors we can taste?
Salty, Sweet, Sour, Sweet, Umami
What is the name of the part of your nose that sends signals to the brain?
Olfactory Bulb
Name two ways to protect your eyes.
Wear sunglasses, wear goggles when swimming, have a regular eye exam, don't read in the dark or low light
Name two ways to protect your ears.
Clean your ears with a cotton swab, cover your ears when you are near loud noise, dry your ears when you come out of the swimming pool
Name two parts of the nervous system.
The brain, spinal cord, and nerves
What are the three receptors associated to touch?
Thermoreceptors, Nociceptors, Mechanoreceptors
What part of your nose detects different kinds of smells?
The olfactory epithelium (receptors)