One function is to detect chemicals and things that are floating in the air. The other function is to communicate aggression.
100
What is the layer of skin above the dermis
It is the Epidermis.
100
Where do you get your eye color?
You inherit it from your parents.
100
What are the bumps on your tongue?
There are taste buds.
200
What is earwax? (extra credit question)
It protects the skin of the human ear canal, assists in cleaning and lubrication, and also provides some protection against bacteria, fungi, insects and water.
200
what is one part of the ear.
ear canal or inner ear
200
Do you have nerves in your hand.
Yes
200
What system does sight work with?
It works with the nervous system.
200
Name two of the detected through ion channels.
What is Salty, and sour
300
What causes us to lose our hearing?
This condition is known as presbycusis (prez-bush-KYOO-sis). Doctors do not know why presbycusis affects some people more than others, but it seems to run in families.
300
What are the craziest things we can smell?
You can smell fear and disgust.
300
What are the beads at the bottom of your finger.
The beads are called Fat Lobules
300
How many times can you blink in a day?
9,400
300
What is the four basic qualities of taste?
They are sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
400
What is one part of the ear.
Pinna
Ear Canal
Are some answers you could have said.
400
What can effect smell?
Actually, what is really being affected is the flavor of the food, or the combination of taste and smell.
400
What are the three main functions of touch
The three functions are to detect pressure, vibrations, temperature.
400
How many muscles hold your eye?
6 muscles
400
What is the average length of a human from the tip to the way back?