HUMAN SENSE ORGAN
Subject: EVS
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Table of Contents
Sense Organs
Types
Eyes
Ears
Tongue
Nose
Skin
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Definition
“Sense organs are the organs that
respond to external stimuli by conveying
impulses to the sensory nervous system.”
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What are the Sense Organs?
Sense organs are specialized organs that
help to perceive the world around us.
They are an integral part of our lives and
it is the only way that enables us to
perceive the environment.
These senses govern our association and
our interaction with the environment.
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We have five sense organs, namely:
Eyes
Ears
Nose
Tongue
Skin
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Five Sense Organs
We have five sense organs that are able
to receive and relay sensory information
to the brain. These senses provide an
organism with information important for
perception. The different sense organs and
the senses they provide are mentioned
below:
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Eyes – Sight or Ophthalmoception
These are the visual
sensory organ in our
body. These are
sensitive to light
images. The eyes vary
in colour depending
upon the amount of
melanin present in our
body. It helps in the
sense of sight by
detecting and focussing
on the light images.
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Ears – Hearing or Audioception
Ears are the auditory sense
organs of our body. They help us
to perceive sounds. Our auditory
system detects vibrations in the
air and this is how we hear
sounds. This is known as hearing
or audio caption.
The ears are divided into 3
sections, namely, outer ear, inner
ear, and the middle ear. All sounds
are basically vibrations, so the
outer ear transfers these
vibrations into the ear canal,
where these vibrations are
transformed by the brain into
meaningful sound. Apart from
hearing, this sense is also
important for balancing our body
.
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Tongue – Taste or Gustaoception
The tongue helps in
perceiving various tastes
and flavours. The taste buds
are present between the
papillae on the tongue.
These help in sensing
different tastes.
The senses of smell and
taste tend to work
together. If one could not
smell something, they
could not taste it either.
The sense of taste is also
known as gustaoception.
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Nose – Smell
The nose is an olfactory
organ. Our olfactory
system helps us to
perceive different smells.
This sense of organ also
aids our sense of taste.
The sense of smell is also
known as olfaction.
During a cold, the body
produces mucus which
blocks the sense of smell,
this is the reason why the
food which we eat tastes
bland.
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Skin – Touch
Skin is the largest organ of
our body. It is related to the
sense of touch. The sense of
touch is also referred to as
tactioception.
The skin contains general
receptors which can detect
touch, pain, pressure, and
temperature. They are
present throughout the skin.
Skin receptors generate an
impulse, and when activated,
is carried to the spinal cord
and then to the brain.
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Answer the following questions
based on the above content:
1. What are the sense organs?
2. How many sense organs are there?
Name them.
3. Which sense organ is also known as
audioception?
4. How does nose helps us?
5. Which is the largest sense organ of our
body?
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Fill in the blanks:-
1. ______________ are the visual
sensory organ in our body.
2. The tongue helps in perceiving various
______________ and flavors.
3. A human body has ____________
sense organ.
4. Skin is the largest ___________ of our
body.
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Write whether the following
are True or False:-
1. The smell sense of organ also aids our
sense of taste.
2. Our visual sense system detects the
vibration in the air.
3. The eyes vary in colour.
4. We have four sense organ altogether.
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Give one word for the
following:-
1. This sense of organ helps in sensing
different taste.
2. During cold, the body produced mucus,
which blocks this sense organ.
3. All the sense organs give and receive
information from here.
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Thank you
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