The 5 senses

THE 5 SENSES

We are learning about the 5 most important tools that humans have, the 5 senseS.

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1) SIGHT

• Our eyes are the sense organs.
• The eyeball is made up of 3 parts: pupil, iris and retina.

• The eyeball is protected by 3 parts of our body: eyelids, eyelashes and eyebrows and lacrimal glands.

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2) HEARING

• Ears are the sense organs.
• Ear is divided in 3 parts: outer ear, middle ear and inner ear.

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3)TOUCH 

• Skin is the sense organ of touch.
• Skin covers the whole body and protects the organs inside.

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4) SMELL 

• The sense organ of smell is the nose.
• The olfactory bulb identifies different smells and sends information to the brain.
• The nasal cavity has little hairs that help filter the air you breath in.
• The nasal septum divides the nasal cavity into two parts.
• Nostrils are 2 holes at the end of thenose where air comes in and goes out.

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5) TASTE 

• Our sense of taste allows us to identify different flavours.
• The sense organ of taste is the tongue.
• The tongue is covered in tiny bumps called taste buds.
• These taste buds help us identify 4 basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour and bitter.

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