Eyes
What do we call the hair that protect our eyes?
Eyelashes
The ear is divided into how many parts?
Three (3)
What do we call the two holes where air passes through?
Nostrils
What is the clear, watery liquid that is produced in the mouth?
Saliva
The parts of the skin is divided into how many parts?
Three (3) - epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
What do we call the skin that protect our eyes?
Eyelids
Pinna
What do we call the sticky substance inside our nose that keeps it moist and helps traps dirt?
Mucus
What do we call the small rounded bumps in our tongue?
Papillae
What do we call the substance that gives us our skin's color?
Melanin
What do we call the white part of our eye, that covers the entire surface of the eye?
Sclera
What do we call the tunnel where the sound wave travels?
Ear canal
Septum
What is the thin layer of skin that separates the nostrils.
What do we call the overall characteristic (flavor, smell, taste) of food ?
Flavor
What are the three main functions of the skin and provide example of each?
Temperature regulation, sensation and protection.
What do we call the light sensitive cells at the back of the eye?
Retina
What is part of the inner ear that has a spiral shape, is filled with water and tiny receptors?
Cochlea
Where can we find the receptors in the nose?
At the top of our nasal cavity
How does your sense of smell affect your taste?
Messages from the tongue and nose are sent to the brain to interpret what we taste and smell. When we have a cold the food will seem to not have a taste as you cannot smell things well.
Arrange the following in order and explain how it relates to the process of feeling/touch:
Brain, Skin Sensors, Nerves, Stimuli
Stimuli ---> Skin Sensors ---> Nerves ---> Brain
What is the part of the eye that sends signals from the retina to the brain ?
Optic Nerve
What are the three tiny bones found in the middle ear?
______ in the air is inhaled and carried to the ______ which ________ the _______ in the smelling organ then send nerve messages for the ______ to _______ so we can smell.
Odours in the air is inhaled and carried to the nasal cavity which stimulate the sensors in the smelling organ then send nerve messages for the brain to interpret so we can smell.
Identify the 5 basic flavors that our tongue can taste.
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami.
What layer of the skin is mostly made up of fatty tissue? This layer protects our bones and organs and keep us warm.
Hypodermis