Nervous System -

Sense
Organs
Dorothy D. Silva
School of Teacher Education
Saint Louis University
 carries
Sense
information
from the brain
to the body
Organs
Peripheral
Nervousfrom the
environment
System
sends
information to
 The Sense of Taste–The Tongue
taste
buds
contain taste
receptors
mostly found on raised
protrusions of tongues
called
food papillae saliva
can taste sweet, salty, sour,
bitter, or umami depending
on the chemical stimulation
 The Sense of Smell–The Nose

olfactory
mucus
nasal
nostrils
cilia
cavity
membrane
bulb
small hair-like
separated from the
a space
the holesbehind
lining of
ofthe
thethe
nose
projections
olfactory epithelium
on the by
through
nose
nasal in the
which
bone cavity
aolfactory
middle
air
epithelium
mucus
membrane
enters
of the
producesface
connected to
to the
connectedmucus smell
the that
smell
receptor
capture
receptors neurons
small of the
particles
separated from the nasal
nose
from the the
contains air olfactory cavity
oral cavity by the nose

Air
nerves
allows
covered
nerve
that
withtransmit
upper molecules
mouth
containmessages
brain
connects
stimulated with
mucusthat
to the
odor to dissolve
to the
by odor
for the nerves detect
nostrils
upper
mouth
molecules
below
throatthe brain
 The Sense of Touch–The Skin
mechanore
Merkel’s
Thermorecept
Meissner’s
Pacinian
Ruffini
Nociceptors
corpuscles
ors
ceptor
disks
sensory
the second
receptors receptors
most
that of theto of
sensitive
respond
most
the pressure
sensitive
sensitive
pain to skin
receptors ofstretch
all the
skin
all that
the
changes in temperature by
skinare stimulated
skin mechanoreceptors
mechanoreceptor
mechanical
mechanoreceptors
believed to monitor object
comes inontwo thetypes:
pressure/distortion
can detect
slippage skin,heat
distortions in the
and
skin
lies cold
deeper receptor
rapidly-adapting
withtouch
allowing
include size
within 1receptors
ofand
modulation theofskin
micrometer
grip
pressure
heat receptor: receptors
temperature
detect
above mechanical
body
slowly-adapting changes
temperature
receptors
can
rapidly-adapting
sense
tissue vibrations,
sensory
within joints, especially
texture, and light touch
receptors
angle
senses
cold changes
light touch
receptor: and how
temperature
long anbody
below object has been
temperature
detect
may gross
also the
sensepressure
heat
touching skin
changes and
more cold than heatvibrations
 The Sense of Sight–The Eye
anterior
vitreous
ciliary
sclera
iris
cornea
pupil
optic
retina
lens
chamber
muscle
body
nerve
membrane
carries the nerve
found at
white
changes
colored
transparent
space area
between
area of
thecovering
shape theof
of the
blackback
gathers
gives
the
messages the
arealight
eye
of
toofthe
the
the
it shape
eye ciliary muscle
eye
cornea
the
of the
eye lensiris
and iris
eyeball
brain
made
thickensup
contains a of
the light-
clear
lens ,when
jelly-like
tough
has
contains
focuses
muscles
material
the
a light
thatthat
on vitreous
an opening
protects
sensitive
looking
material at the in
cells
called
somethingiris
the and
(rods
vitreous iris
close body
covers
change
transparent
the
up
humorretina
cones) the
its shape
eyeball
fluid
rods–tell
thins
where the
light
lens
thepasses
form
when& to
tough
lets
helps
nourishes
workslight
focus
material
likeenter
and
alight
movie
keeps
the
that
in
looking
from
shape theatlens
something
to the
covers
eye
the
projector
eyethe
faraway
retina
cones–tellhealthy
theeyeball
color
processes thelight
shrinks when lightis image
near but
and converts
enlarges when itthere
to nerve
is little anterior
light
messages chamber
 The Sense of Hearing–The Ear
hammer/m
cochlear
oval
ear
eardrum
cochlea
ossicles
pinna
canal
window
the
bones
alleus
nerve
the bonefound
tube that in
extends
attached the
to the
the
the
also auditory
ear flap nerve
membrane-covered
known
a spiral-shaped that
as cavity
the thatbe
can in
from
tympanic
eardrum
receivesthenerve
pinna
from cavity
which toofthe
impulses the tectorial
the
seen inner
tympanic
openingon
vibrations ear
the
of membrane
the
face’s
are passed cochlea
sides
eardrum
middle
from theear organ of corti membrane
carries
receives
consist sound
vibrations
of the waves
malleusfrom
anvil/incus
separates
leads
collects
from
the
the
from
nerve
force
(hammer),
from the
the
thesound
that
the
the
pinna
outer
middle
waves
carries
stirrup
incus
middle ear
ear
to(anvil),
the ear
these
exerts
ear
nerve
drum toimpulses
the cochlea to the
on the
bridges oval
and thethe window
hammer
stapes (from
(stirrup)
brain
receives
which amplified
vibrations are passed)
secretes
contains
smallest
transmits cerumen
fluids
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bones of the
waves
directs
to the
vibrate sounds
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vibrations from to the
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bodytheafter
(earwax)
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canal tointhehits
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auditory
stirrup
receive
the oval in
ossicles
cleaning, canal
vibrations
window
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lubrication, from
causes
contains vibrations
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and
the
(the
occur
es
the protection
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increase
to the anvil
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