SENSORY ORGANS
Sensory Organs
They all contribute to us something special.
Sensory Organs
Sense of Touch
The skin is the sensory organ for
touch
It is the largest organ in the body
The skin can detect changes in
temperatures,
pain,
touch
and
pressure.
The skin has special receptors to
detect each of these stimuli.
Receptor.
Pain Receptors detect the slightest pain as
they lie very close to the surface of the skin.
Heat Receptors are sensitive to heat.
The cold is detected by Cold Receptors.
Pressure Receptors are only sensitive to
heavy pressure as they lie deep within the
skin.
The Skin
KBAT QUESTIONS
Aminah followed a school tour to visit a handicraft
Answer
1. Touch receptors
2. Pressure receptors
1. The fingertips have more receptors
The Nose
The Nose
The Nose
The chemicals dissolve in the mucous
KBAT QUESTIONS
Why does a person who has a
Answer
The nose produces too much
The Tongue
Our tongue is the sensory organ
for taste.
It can detect four basic tastes :
Salty
Sweet
Sour
Bitter
The Tongue
The Tongue
The chemicals of the food dissolve
The Tongue
Our sense of smell improves our sense of
Taste
The food is tasteless when you have a cold.
Why?
It's because the smell from the food cannot
reach the sensory cells in the nose.
This is because the passages in your nose
are blocked.
Since you cannot smell it, food seems
tasteless.
OUR TONGUE
COOL FACTS
ABOUT EAR
1
The smallest bones are
2
The inner ear is no
3
The sense of hearing is
4
Your ears never stop
5
The majority of
individuals suffering
fromhearing lossare
under the age of 65
The Ear
The ear is the sensory organ of sound.
The sense of hearing is sensitive to
the sound stimuli.
The human ear can be divided into
three main parts. These are known
as the outer ear, the middle ear and
the inner ear.
Every structure of the ear has their own
functions and are very important.
Main parts
Structure
Functions
1. Pinna
Collects and
directs sounds into
the ear canal
2. Ear canal
Directs sounds to
the eardrum
3. Eardrum
Vibrates when
sound waves hit it
4. Ossicles
Amplify vibrations
and transfer them
to the oval window
5. Oval window
Transfer vibrations
of the ossicles to
the cochlea
Outer ear
Middle ear
Inner ear
7. Cochlea
Detects
vibrations
and converts
them into
nerve
impulses
8. Auditory
nerve
Carries nerve
impulses to the
brain
9. Semicircular
canals
Detect position
and movement
of head to help
us keep our
balance
The Ear
Outer Ear
Structure
Function/Explanation
Pinna
Made of cartilage and skin and shaped like a
funnel. It collects and directs sounds into the
ear canal.
Ear canal
A long tube lined with hairs. It directs sounds to
the eardrum.
The Ear
Middle Ear
Structure
Function/Explanation
Eardrum
A thin membrane that seperates the outer ear from the
middle ear. It vibrates and transmits sound waves to the
ossicles.
Ossicles
Made up of three small bones which is the hammer, the
anvil and the stirrup. It intensifies the vibrations of the
sound waves by 22 times before transmitting to the oval
window.
Eustachian tube
A narrow tube that joins the middle ear to the throat that
balances the air pressure at both sides of the eardrum.
Oval window
An oval-shaped, thin membrane between the middle ear
and the inner ear. It transmits sound vibrations from the
middle ear to the inner ear.
The Ear
Inner Ear
Structure
Function/Explanation
Cochlea
Filled with liquid and contains the ends of nerve
cells. The vibration of the oval window causes this
liquid to vibrate. The vibration is detected by the
nerve cells and are then changed into impulses.
Auditory nerve
It carries the impulses to the brain which then
interprets the impulses as sound.
Semicircular canals
For body balance
How Do We Hear
1. The
How DO We Hear?
4. Vibrations of the oval window set up
Mechanism of hearing
KBAT QUESTION
Bats fly around and hunt for insects
Answer
Bats make sound as they fly. Sound
KBAT QUESTION
Zarul always listen to
loud music by using an
ear phone. Explain the
adverse effect of such
a practice.
Answer
The adverse effect of the
travelled sound
Sense of Sight
Sclera
Protect and maintains the shape of the eyeball.
Choroid
Absorbs light and prevents internal reflection of
light. Supplies the eye with nutrients and oxygen.
Retina Detects light and produces nerve impulses. Cones
Detect colours in bright light. Rods detect shades of grey in
Dim light
Sense of Sight
Lens
Focuses light onto the retina
Vitreous humour
Helps in reflecting light, maintains the shape
of the eyeball.
Suspensory ligaments
Hold the lens in its position
Sense of Sight
Ciliary body
Contracts and relaxes to change the thickness
of the
lens.
Conjunctiva
Protects the cornea
Aqueous humour
Helps in refracting light, maintains the shape of
the
eyeball.
Sense of Sight
Cornea
Refracts light onto the retina
Pupil
Controls the amount of light thats
enters the eyes.
Iris
Controls the size of the pupil
Sense of Sight
Yellow spot
Detects light or any images that fall on it.
Blind spot
It is the spot where the optic nerve leaves
the eyeball
Optic nerve
Carries nerve impulses from the retina to the
brain
Cows eyes
HOW DO WE SEE
HOW DO WE SEE
HOW DO WE SEE
1. LIGHT RAYS TRAVEL FROM THE
HOW DO WE SEE
3. AN UPSIDE DOWN IMAGE (PICTURE) IS
REFLECTION
AND
REFRACTION
Short- sightedness
SHORT SIGHTEDNESS
A person can see near objects clearly
Normal focus
Short sightedness (Myopia)
Distance vision blurry, near usually OK.
Shortsighted focus
Short-sighted
correction
Long-sightedness
LONG SIGHTEDNESS
A long sighted person can see distant
Long-sightedness
(Hyperopia)
Difficulty seeing clearly and
comfortably up close.
Long-sighted
focus
Long-sighted
correction
ASTIGMATISM
Astigmatism
Irregular curvature of the eye
(shaped more like a football than a
basketball)
Light in different planes focuses at
different points
A
90
180
LIMITATIONS OF
SIGHT
illusions
OPTICAL ILLUSION
The imaged formed in
KBAT QUESTIONS
Explain the change in the size of the
because he fails to
distinguish between red and
green colours. Why? Explain.
Periscope
Microscope
Binocular
Telescope