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How many muscles are there in our body?

Over 600!

What is the skeleton made of?

bones and cartilage

What do the semicircular canals in the inner ear do?

They keep the body in balance

The vibrations in the cochlea make ________ which produce sound signals and get sent to the brain.

waves

TRUE or FALSE: The main organ of hearing is the eardrum

False, the main organ of hearing is the COCHLEA.

What is the inner ear filled with?

Fluid

The middle ear is full of ______.

Air

TRUE or FALSE: The auricle is made of a tough material called cartilage.

True

What is the function of the auricle?

The auricle collects sound waves and sends them through the ear canal

The auricle is the part of the ear that is visible on____________

the sides of the head.

What are the 2 parts of the OUTER EAR?

Auricle and Ear Canal

What are the 3 parts of the ear?

Outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear.

TRUE OR FALSE: Hair cells at the base of the cochlea are moved by LOW PITCHED sounds, and hair cells at the apex respond to HIGH PITCHED sounds.

False, hair cells at the base of the cochlea respond to HIGH PITCHED sounds, and hair cells at the apex are moved by LOW PITCHED sounds.

What is the membrane of the inner ear lined with? (These are the RECEPTORS of the hearing system)

thousands of hair cells

What organ in the INNER EAR is shaped like a SNAIL SHELL and translates sound wave energy into nerve signals (brian language)?

Cochlea

What bones in the middle ear, are the SMALLEST bones in the human body? What do they do?

ossicles - magnify the motion of the eardrum.

How can we hear a sound? What helps us hear?

SOUND WAVES enter the OUTER EAR, go through the EAR CANAL to the EARDRUM. We can hear the sound when the eardrum vibrates.

How many smells can we smell?

We can smell over 10.000 smells!

How does smell help us?

It helps us taste thousands of things and warns us of bad things like rotten food or fires.

What do objects emit when we try to smell them?

small, floating molecules - these get stuck to our noses so we can smell things.

What sends singals to our brain about different smells? Where do these signals pass through?

smell sensors send signals to our brain. These signals pass through the olfactory nerve.

What are the tiny hairs inside our nose called? What do they do?

cilia - they are connected to smell sensors.

What organ in our body do we use to smell things?

Nose

What 2 senses work together when we eat?

Taste and smell - TASTE BUDS pick up on flavor, and SMELL helps us enjoy the nice smell.

What are the 5 basic tastes?

salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami.

How do we know which flavor our food has?

Saliva breaks down food, then taste buds send messages to brain, and brain tells us the flavor.

What substance in the mouth helps break down food?

Saliva

TRUE OR FALSE: There are one thousand taste buds on our tongues.

False, there are over a hundred thousand (100.000) taste buds!

How do humans receive taste?

Through taste buds.

Fill in the blank: Taste helps us detect _________ of food, minerals and chemicals.

Flavor.

What is the function of the rods and cones?

CONES help us see COLORS, and RODS help with SIDE/PERIPHERAL VISION and NIGHT VISION.

What are the 2 types of light sensitive cells that make up the retina tissue?

Rods and Cones

TRUE or FALSE: The retina is at the front of our eyeballs and the LENS is at the back.

False, the lens is at the front and the retina is at the back of our eyeballs. The LENS helps focus images onto the RETINA.

Some people can't see colors correctly and can't tell the difference between red and green. What is this condition called?

colour blindness.

TRUE or FALSE: The images sent from our eyes to our brains are perfectly OK, and the brain doesn't make any changes to them.

FALSE - The images are upside down, but the brain turns them the correct way so we can see

What function do our eyes have?

They take in light and send image messages to our brains.

What parts of the body have MORE nerve endings than the rest of the body?

Fingertips, lips and face.

How do nerve endings send information about temperature and texture to our brain?

They send ELECTRICAL IMPULSES through the spinal cord.

In what layer of the skin does the sense of touch originate? Hint: This is the BOTTOM-MOST layer.

Dermis. (NOT hypodermis)

What are the 4 types of touch sensations?

cold, heat, contact and pain.

___________ help send information to the brain.

Nerve endings

TRUE OR FALSE: The sense of touch ONLY happens in the mouth and brain.

False, The sense of touch is spread throughout the whole body.

What do motor neurons do?

They send messages from the brain to the local motor system.

What happens after all the sensory information is collected from the sense organs?

The brain processes the information and sends signals to other parts of the body.

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: What kind of neurons help collect information from our eyes, ears, nose and mouth?

Sensory neurons.

TRUE OR FALSE: The brain is protected by muscles and tissues.

False, the brain is protected by the skull.

TRUE OR FALSE: The spinal cord is protected by the vertebrae and it controls reflex actions.

True.

The brain stem is the continuation of the ________ _______ and it controls ____________ _________ such as our heartbeat.

The brain stem is a continuation of the SPINAL CORD and it controls INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS such as our heartbeat.

What 3 things does the CEREBELLUM control for us?

It controls movement, coordination and balance.

What is the biggest part of our brain and what does it do?

The CEREBRUM is the biggest part of the brain. The cerebrum processes info from our senses and helps us think.

TRUE OR FALSE: The brain has 5 different parts.

False - It has 3 parts: Cerebrum, Cerebellum, and Brain stem.

What is the organ that controls our nervous system?

The brain.