The Senses

Question 1

five senses

Answer 1

• sight/optic
• touch/tactile
• taste/gustatory
• hear/auditory
• smell/olfactory

Question 2

hearing

Answer 2

• semicircular canals (they are shaped as half circles in the ear)
• auditory nerve (it connects to your brain so you get the sense of hearing)
• ear drum (it gives vibrations to the ear so you can hear different sounds)
• cochlea (it gives the inner ear balance)
• Eustachian tubes (it equalizes the pressure in the ear)

Question 3

smell

Answer 3

• there are about 80 basic odors

- works along with taste

Question 4

what are the 4 taste buds?

Answer 4

• sweet, sour, salty, and bitter

Question 5

sight

Answer 5

• iris (it is the colored part of the eye)
• cornea (it is the transparent top layer of the eye)
• pupil (it is the very center of your eye)
• aqueous humerus (it is the fluid in your eye)
• lens (it focus on objects for you)
• sclera (it is the white part of the eye)
• optic nerve choroid (it sends messages to the brain)

Question 6

basic senses of touch

Answer 6

• pressure, temperature, texture, and pain