The Senses

Question 1

five senses

Answer 1

touch
smell
taste
hear
sight

Question 2

functions of touch

Answer 2

detecting pressure pain hot or cold

Question 3

receptors

Answer 3

form a sense organ

Question 4

what does receptors detect?

Answer 4

heat
light
pressure
chemicals

Question 5

what do receptors concert their energy to?

Answer 5

electrical impulses that travel along neurons

Question 6

most receptors in the skin

Answer 6

elbow

Question 7

least receptors in the skin

Answer 7

heel

Question 8

taste receptors

Answer 8

sweet
sour
bitter
salt

Question 9

how many neurons does the nasal cavity have?

Answer 9

20 million

Question 10

conjunctiva

Answer 10

thin membrane protecting the sclera

Question 11

conjunctivitis

Answer 11

inflammation in the conjunctiva

Question 12

sclera

Answer 12

white of the eye
tough and opaque
hold the eye in shape

Question 13

cornea

Answer 13

transparent part of the sclera
lets light in and bends toward the retina

Question 14

choroid

Answer 14

blood vessels to nourish the eye and black pigment to absorb light in the eye

Question 15

retina

Answer 15

light receptors is located
rods and cones

Question 16

pigment of rods

Answer 16

rhodopsin

Question 17

pigments of cones

Answer 17

green
blue
red

Question 18

fovea