Touch
What is the organ touch?
What are the actions for touch?
Skin
Touch and feel
What is the organ for sight?
What are the actions for sight?
Eyes
See, look
What is the organ for smell?
What is the action for smell?
Nose
Smell
What is the organ for hearing?
What are the action words for hearing?
Ears
Listen, hear
What is the organ for taste?
What is the action word for taste?
Tongue
Taste
Tell us the layers of the skin.
The epidermis has hairs and pores.
The dermis has blood vessels and nerve endings.
What are the parts of the eyes that protect the eye?
The eyebrow, eyelashes, eyelids, and tear glands
What is another name for the sense of smell?
Olfaction
What are the three parts of the ear?
Outer ear, middle ear, inner ear
What is touch?
Touch is to use your skin to have physical contact with another object.
What are parts of the eye that allow us to see?
The iris, pupil, lens, retina, and optic nerve
What is the disorder called when someone does not have a sense of smell?
Anosmia
Describe the parts make up the outer ear
The earflap receives sounds.
The ear canal carries sound into ear.
The eardrum vibrates when sound arrives.
Why does it feel different to touch something with your elbow compared to your finger tips?
You have more nerve receptors under your fingertips. These nerves make your fingertips more sensitive than your elbow.
Explain what happens to our eye when there is no light and a lot of light.
When there is little light, our pupils expand (grow). When there is a lot of light, our pupils shrink (become smaller).
What are the parts of the nose?
The nostrils are holes for air to enter.
The olfactory region is inside the nose.
Describe the parts make up the middle ear.
There is a chain of little bones that make sounds louder.
The Eustachian tube connects the middle ear with the throat.
Why is pain important?
Pain is an alarm that there is a problem. It is also a sign to stop doing something that may be hurting my body.
Explain how the sense of sight works
First, light enters the eye through the pupil.
Then, it travels through the lens to the retina.
Next, a picture is formed upside-down in the retina.
Then, the retina sends info to the optic nerve.
Finally, the optic nerve carries the information to the brain
How do you smell?
First, the air carrying the smells enter the nostrils.
Then, it goes to the olfactory region.
This region gets information about the smells and passes the information to the olfactory nerve.
Finally, the olfactory nerve sends the information to the brain.
Describe the parts make up the inner ear.
The cochlea receives the sounds and sends the information to the auditory nerve. This information goes to the brain.