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Chapter 1: The World Through Our Senses Sensory organs.

1. Human have sensory organs. 2. Changes in the surroundings are known as .. 3. The structures that very sensitive to stimulus are called .

Sensory organ Eye Ear Nose Skin

Stimulus Chemical substances Sound Touch, pressure,pain,heat,cold Sight Taste Smell

Sense

The flow of impulse through the nerve 1. Stimuli travel from the sensory organs to the . through the spinal cord. 2. Reaction is produced after the has interpreted the impulse.

Sensory organs

Nerve

Response

Muscle

Nerve

Skin
1. The skin is the sensory organ of 2. The skin responds to stimuli. 3. The sensitivity of the skin depends on the: a) . b) .

Nose
1. The nose is the sensory organ of . 2. Cells that are sensitive to smell are found at the top of the . 3. Detection of smell by the nose. Arrange by the number: The brain interprets the smell. Chemical substances that dissolve in the mucus stimulates cells that are sensitive to smell. The roof of the nasal cavity produces a liquid called the mucus. The smell-sensitive cells send an impulse through the nerve to the brain.

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