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Senses are important because they allow us to perceive the world in which we live.

Our five senses are our sense of sight (also known as vision), smell (olfaction), hearing (audition), taste (gustation), and touch (somatosensation).

A sense is our ability to detect stimuli which are then interpreted and responded to accordingly.

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Our skin is the largest organ as it covers our whole body.

The receptors on our skin allow us to perceive texture, pain, temperature, pressure, and pain.

Touch is also referred to as tactician, somatosensation, or mechanoreception.

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We have one tongue by which we perceive various tastes and flavors like sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

The small bumps on the tongue are the papillae.

In between the papillae are the taste buds.

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The sense of smell is also referred to as olfaction.

We have our olfactory system by which we smell and perceive different odors and scents.

The nose is an olfactory organ.

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Hearing, also referred to as auditory perception or audition, is our ability to perceive sounds.

We have our auditory system by which we detect vibrations and hear sounds.

Our ears are auditory organs.

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Sight, also referred to as vision, is our ability to see.

Eyes are the visual sensory organs of the human body.