1.1.THE SENSE ORGANS
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Tongue
The top of your tongue is bumpy
because it’s covered by small
bumps called papillae, which
contain your taste buds. Taste
buds are made up of taste cells
which send taste signals to the
brain, which identifies the taste for
you. This is how you taste sweet,
salty, bitter, sour, and savoury
flavours.
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Nose
We can smell things because when air enters the
nasal cavity, the specialized cells in the olfactory
bulb detect the stimuli and send them to the
brain through the Olfactory Nerve. When this
information arrives in the brain, it recognizes and
identifies smells.
Eyes
Ear
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The ear is divided into three parts:
EUSTACHIAN TUBE
This tube runs between the ear and
the throat and it keeps the same
pressure on both sides of the eardrum.
Have you ever had trouble hearing on
an airplane? Try yawning or chewing
gum and pop! Your eustachian tube
will open and you'll be able to hear
normally again.
3. The inner ear: it contains the hearing organ
called the cochlea. This organ contains the
receptor cells and helps to take the vibrations
and translate them into electrical signals for
the Auditory Nerve to send to the brain. The
inner ear also has fluid filled tubes that help
with your balance.
2. The middle ear: it contains three bones in it
(the ossicles). When the eardrum vibrates,
these bones vibrate too and make the sound
louder. The middle ear transfers the sounds
from the air to the inner ear.
1. The outer ear: it contains the ear canal,
which helps sound to travel further inside our
ear; and the eardrum, a thin membrane that
vibrates when the sound hits it.
We hear because vibrations travel through the air
and enter the ear. Then they are processed and
sent to the brain.
Skin
The skin is the body’s biggest organ and, among other
functions, it provides us with information about
everything we touch (pressure, pain, temperature...). It contains millions of receptors which respond to
sensations. The signals that they send to your brain are
what creates the sense of touch.
The skin has three layers:
3. Fat layer: it is the inner layer and keeps us warm.
2. Dermis: it is the middle layer, containing sweat glands.
1. Epidermis: it is the outer layer, and it contains
specialized cells that receive information from the
outside.
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