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Is the brain a organ?
The brain is a organ. The brain is the organ that receives messages from the six senses; the touch sense, the seeing sense, the hearing sense, the smelling sense and the tasting senses. If you are asking 'Is the brain the largest organ?' Well, no. The largest organ is not the brain, or the chest, or the stomach. It is the skin.
What transmits messages from sense organs and the environment?
Sense organs send information to the brain via afferent pathways of the PNS (peripheral nervous system).
What links the brain to the rest of your body and sends messages back and forth?
your spine and skeletal system sends messages that you are in pain when your bones break. your eyes send messages about what you are seeing your fingers, arms, and every other part of your body responds to what you are touching and also sends messages to your brain to stimulate responses in whether it is a good or bad pain.
What part of the ear picks up the messages and transmit to the brain?
The 8th cranial nerve sends messages to the brain from the ear. There are several parts involved: In the inner ear are receptor cells that receive vibrations of sound and noise from the outside, which then stimulate the cochlear nerve to send these sounds to the brain for interpretation.Head movements also affect the fluid inside the ear and stimulate the vestibular nerve to send information to the brain regarding the body's sense of balance or position.
How does a stoke affect the brain?
A stroke is a part of the brain that dies because of lack of oxygen. When the stroke happens the nerves can not send messages to the body in the correct manner. Depending on where in the brain the stroke happens and to what extent the damage happens effects how much handicap there is in the person. Sometimes it is a numbness and sometimes it is paralysis or loss of speech or number sense.
Neurons that collect messages from sense organs and carry those to the spinal cord or the brain are called?
afferent nerves
What type of nerve sends messages from sense organs to the brain?
This is simple; don't overthink it. The nerves that carry sensory impulses to the brain are the sensory nerves.
What system carries messages from the sense to the brain?
nerve
What part of the brain receives the messages of the sense organ?
neurons
Brain structure that receives messages from sense organs?
Thalamus
How do tongue's sense organs send messages to the brain?
Taste Buds
Why are the messages received by the sense organs do not get mixed up in the brain?
neurotransmitters.
Is the brain a organ?
The brain is a organ. The brain is the organ that receives messages from the six senses; the touch sense, the seeing sense, the hearing sense, the smelling sense and the tasting senses. If you are asking 'Is the brain the largest organ?' Well, no. The largest organ is not the brain, or the chest, or the stomach. It is the skin.
What is the usual path of messages receive by the body from the environment?
sense organ-nerves-spinal cord-brain
What transmits messages from sense organs and the environment?
Sense organs send information to the brain via afferent pathways of the PNS (peripheral nervous system).
What cells carry impulses from sense organs to the brain and spinal cord?
Neurons (nerve cells)
Which organ system helps your body to sense things?
The organ system that helps your body to sense things is known as the sensory system. This will rely on the circulatory fluids to send messages from the sense organs to the brain.
