The 5 senses: touch

Touch

• Organ: the skin that has different parts:
• sensory nerves: send the information to the brain.

• We can feel something soft, hard, cold, rough or smooth.

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The 5 sense: taste

Taste

• Organ: the tongue that has different parts:
• taste buds: small points in the tongue that identify different tastes.
• nerve: sends the information to the brain.
  

• We can taste 4 different flavours: sweet, salty, sour and bitter.

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The 5 senses: smell

Smell

• Organ: the nose that has different parts:
• nostrils: air enters the nose through them.
• olfactory nerve: sends the information to the brain.
  

• We can smell about 10.000 different oudors.

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The 5 senses: the hearing

Hearing

• Organ: the ears that have different parts:
• outer ear: earflat and earcanal.
• middle ear: eardrum and ossicles.
• inner ear: cochlea and auditory nerve (sends the information to the brain).
  

• We can hear quiet and loud sounds.

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The 5 senses: The sight

Sight

• Organ: the eyes that have different parts:
• pupil: small black point
• iris: coloured part of the eye
• eyebrows, eyelashes and eyelids: stop sweat and dust getting into our eyes.
• retina: sends the information to the brain

• We can see  shapes, sizes and colours. 

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