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While your other four senses (sight, hearing, smell, and taste) are located in specific parts of the body, your sense of touch is found all over. This is because your sense of touch originates in the bottom layer of your skin called the dermis. The dermis is filled with many tiny nerve endings which give you information about the things with which your body comes in contact. They do this by carrying the information to the spinal cord, which sends messages to the brain where the feeling is registered.
The nerve endings in your skin can tell you if something is hot or cold. They can also feel if something is hurting you. Your body has about twenty different types of nerve endings that all send messages to your brain. However, the most common receptors are heat, cold, pain, and pressure or touch receptors. Pain receptors are probably the most important for your safety because they can protect you by warning your brain that your body is hurt!
Some areas of the body are more sensitive than others because they have more nerve endings. Have you ever bitten your tongue and wondered why it hurt so much? It is because the sides of your tongue have a lot of nerve endings that are very sensitive to pain. However, your tongue is not as good at sensing hot or cold. That is why it is easy to burn your mouth when you eat something really hot. Your fingertips are also very sensitive. For example, people who are blind use their fingertips to read Braille by feeling the patterns of raised dots on their paper. To learn more about Braille, click on the word "Braille" located on the left-hand side of this page!
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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).
Individuals interpret what their senses detect using?
They use the parts of their brains which the sense organs send information to.
How would having sense organs in front be helpful to an animal?
To pick information swift movement and sense organs help animals with bilateral symmetry obtain for and avoid enemies
Do all our sense organs have nerves in them?
Believe it or not, sponges are considered marine animals and do not have any sense organs.
What is punctate distribution in regard to sense organs?
in regard to sense organs, what is punctate distribution?
What sense organs send information about the environment to the?
The 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).
Individuals interpret what their senses detect using?
They use the parts of their brains which the sense organs send information to.
How do tongue's sense organs send messages to the brain?
Taste Buds
What system receives information from sense organs and analyzes that information?
Central
What are bits of information you gather with your sense organs?
observations
What nervous system receives information from sense organs and analyzes that information.?
Central
What nervous system receives information from sense organs and analyzes information?
Central
What can your sense organ do?
Sense organs are primarily responsible for collecting information about the world and delivering that information to the brain for processing and analysis.
What is the purpose of the CNS?
to receive information from the sense organs,analyze the information,and initiate responses.
Which four sense organs send nerves right into the brain?
its i believe sensory nerves
What encompasses the processes by which your sense organs receive information from the environment?
The answer is Sensation.
