Sense Organs

Eunice Jane B. TernioBEEd III-A

Eunice Jane B. TernioBEEd III-A

• a part of your body (such eyes, ears, nose, or tongue) that you use to see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things

• the five main tools that humans use to perceive the world.

What is Sense organs?

Five Senses

Eyes: Sense of Sight

Can judge depth

allow us to see

interpret new

information

identify color

Parts of the eye helps to focus images onto

the retina

takes the light that eye receives

and changes it into nerve signals

where light enters the

eye

transparent window

eyeball's outer coat

connects the eye to the

brain

colorful part of the eye

Nose: Sense of Smell

used to smell scents

cleans the air we breathe and

impacts the sound of our

voice.

and to taste the food you

eat

Smell also has the strongest connection to memory

Parts of the nose

transmits the sense of smell from the nasal cavity to the

nose

space behind the nose where air that we breathe passes

two holes of the nose where the air

gets insidebones separates the oral cavity from the nasal

cavitycloses the nasal

cavity from the oral cavity when swallowing

allow us to hear sound - to detect vibrations in the

air particles around us

Outer Ear:collect sounds

Ears : Sense of Hearing

Middle Ear:take the sound waves and turn

them into vibrations that are delivered to

the inner earThe Inner

Ear:also helps us

maintain balance and regulate

sinus pressure

Skin : Sense of Touch spread

through the whole bodyNerve ending in

the skin and in other parts of the body send information to

the brain

cold, heat, contact, and

pain.

It produces temperature-

regulating sweat

It forms a protective layer keeping bacteria and fungi out.

Tongue : Sense of taste

Taste is mainly a function of

the taste buds

allow us to sense hot and

cold in food and liquids.

mouth is made up of the teeth

and tongue

It’s able to heal from injury

more quickly than other parts

of the body

one of the strongest

muscles in the body

SummaryWe see with

our eyeswe smell with

our noses

we listen with our

ears

we taste with our tongue

we touch with our skin.

the brain receives signals from each of

these organs, and interprets them to give

us a sense of what's happening around us

Activity

Guess me!

You used me when you smell something bad.

NOSE

Guess me!

I am spread all through the body

SKIN

Guess me!

I can hear the different sounds

of animals

EAR

Guess me!

You can not taste anything without

me

TONGUE

Guess me!

I can see beautiful things

EYE

References• http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/eyes.html• http://microbemagic.ucc.ie/explore_body/eyes_sight.html• http://microbemagic.ucc.ie/explore_body/ears_hearing.html• http://microbemagic.ucc.ie/explore_body/mouth_taste.html• http://microbemagic.ucc.ie/explore_body/skin_touch.html• http://microbemagic.ucc.ie/explore_body/nose_smell.html• http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/eyes.• http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_parts_of_the_nos

e_and_their_functions• http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Science-Stories/Our-Senses/Touch• http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sense%20organ

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