The Five Senses by Jerrelyne A. Lahoylahoy https://padlet.com/Lahoylahoy/r2mtyx82vsi09lre Humans have five basic senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. The sensing organs associated with each sense send information to the brain to help us understand and perceive the world around us. People also have other senses in addition to the basic five. Here's how they work. en-us 2020-11-24 14:34:24 UTC 2026-01-26 20:33:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f601.png Eyes Lahoylahoy https://padlet.com/Lahoylahoy/r2mtyx82vsi09lre/wish/956404424
  • Sight, also referred to as vision, is our ability to see.
  • Eyes are the visual sensory organs of the human body.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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