F2 - SEM2 - Sensing the Environment - 10.5 Other senses

Question 1

What is the largest organ in our body?

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold

Answer 1

skin

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold

Question 2

What does the skin sense?

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold

Answer 2

• touch - different parts of our body are not equally sensitive to touch
• pressure
• pain
• hot and cold - our skin is not reliable in detecting hot and cold

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold

Question 3

Sense of balance relies on the sensory signal from which organs?

Sense of balance

Answer 3

• eyes
• semicircular canals in inner ears
• muscle
• joints
• brain integrates signals and then send message to muscle to bring about response to maintain body balance

Sense of balance

Question 4

What is the function of semicircular canals in inner ears?

Sense of balance

Answer 4

special sensory cells to detect changes in the position and direction of movement of the body

Sense of balance

Question 5

True of False?

Different parts of our body are equally sensitive to touch

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold

Answer 5

False
Different parts of our body are not equally sensitive to touch

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold

Question 6

True or False?

Our skin is not reliable in detecting hot and cold

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold

Answer 6

True

Senses of touch, pressure, pain, hot and cold