Senses Flashcards

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Sensory nerve

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Sends a message to the brain from the sense organ

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Motor nerve

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Sends a message from the brain to a muscle

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Sensitivity

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Detecting and responding to a stimulus

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A stimulus

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Is something that causes a response. E.g. A pound noise causing me to jump

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Messages

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Are sent along nerves as pulses of electricity

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The eye contains

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The cornea, iris, lens, pupil, retina, optic nerve and ciliary muscle

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Nervous system

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Brain, spinal cord, all the nerves

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