Sight
Hearing and Balance
Taste
Smell
Touch
100
What is the sensory organ that controls this sense?
The eyes
100
What is the sensory organ that controls these senses?
The ears
100
What is the sensory organ that controls this sense?
The tongue
100
What is the sensory organ that controls this sense?
The nose
100
What is the sensory organ that controls this sense?
The skin
200
What is the stimulus for this sense?
Light
200
What is the stimulus for these senses?
Sound waves for hearing and gravity for balance
200
What is the stimulus for this sense?
Chemical substances
200
What is the stimulus for this sense?
Chemical substances
200
What are the stimuli for this sense?
Pressure, temperature, and pain
300
When light reaches your eye, what is the first part that interprets it?
The cornea (which then directs it towards the pupil)
300
What are the three parts of the human ear?
The outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear
300
What another name for your taste buds?
Papillae
300
What are the cells in your nose called?
Olfactory cells or smell receptors
300
What is the name of the receptors in your skin?
Touch receptors
400
What happens after impulses leave the pupil?
They are sent through the lens to the retina
400
What part of the ear contains the hearing receptor cells and the balance cells?
The inner ear
400
Where are your gustatory cells located?
The palate, the pharynx, and mainly the tongue
400
Where are you olfactory cells specifically located?
In the upper lining of the nasal passages
400
How many types of receptors in your skin are there?
3
500
What does the optic nerve do?
Converts nerve impulses from the retina into visual images
500
What are the names of both nerves that send stimuli to the brain from the ear?
The auditory nerve (hearing) and the vestibular nerve (balance)
500
What is the name of the nerve that sends impulses to the brain?
The gustatory nerve
500
What is the name of the nerve that sends impulses to the brain when stimulated?
The olfactory nerve
500
Name the different things that the receptors interpret.
Heat and cold, contact and pressure, and pain
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